Chinese helicopter lifts passengers on trapped Russian ship to safety (8/10)

The first group of passengers aboard the trapped Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface off the Antarctic, Jan. 2, 2014. Passengers aboard Akademik Shokalskiy were successfully transferred by Chinese helicopter to ice surface near Australian rescue ship Aurora Australis on Thursday after the Russian vessel got stuck in sea ice off the Antarctic. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)