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Stranded ship awaiting Australian rescue after Chinese, French turn away

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An Australian rescue vessel trying to reach the Russian ship, MV Akademik Shokalskiy, trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve, is expected to arrive on Sunday after Chinese and French icebreakers failed to get through heavy sea ice. The Akademik Shokalskiy, with 74 scientists, tourists and crew members on board, has been on a privately-funded research expedition to Antarctica to retrace the footsteps... 
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