Xuelong blocked by thick ice after its rescue of passengers (1/7)

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2013 shows an iceberg in the way of the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong's (Snow Dragon) evacuation route in a sea-ice field off Antarctica, Jan 3, 2014. Xuelong is blocked by thick ice after its rescue of passengers aboard stranded Russian science vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)