Chinese helicopter lifts passengers on trapped Russian ship to safety (9/10)

Chinese rescuers prepare to rescue passengers aboard the trapped Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy 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)