Updated: The Chinese rescue was ship was forced to turn back , but an Australian vessel is on the way. Scientists have been posting some awesome images from aboard the blocked research ship, which is currently stuck in ice.
A blizzard on Christmas Eve left 74 men and women aboard a research ship stranded in Antarctica, frozen in the ice.
AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Andrew Peacock
Chris Turney, professor of Climate Change at the University of New South Wales, has been tweeting photos and Vines from the stranded vessel.
AP Photo/Australasian Antarctic Expedition/Footloose Fotography, Andrew Peacock
