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52 stranded Antarctic explorers finally off the ice and making their way home
(Andrew Peacock/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography/AP)After spending more than a week stuck in the middle of the Antarctic where no vessel could reach them, 52 passengers have finally been rescued from an icebound Russian research ship.(Andrew Peacock/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography/AP)The Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy — carrying a group of scientists, tourists and a pair of Guardian reporters — got stuck on Christmas Eve after a blizzard pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in place about 1,700 miles …
