Icebound Russian ship awaits help in Antarctica

Name: Icebound Russian ship awaits help in Antarctica
Uploaded: 2011-12-17T02:50:59.000Z
Duration: 44 s
Description: The crew of a Russian fishing boat stranded in Antarctica has managed top stabilise their listing craft, as a New Zealand plane heads to the location to drop equipment and fuel.

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The crew of a Russian fishing boat stranded in Antarctica has managed top stabilise their listing craft.

Footage from the US Air Force shows the Sparta stranded in heavy sea ice. A New Zealand plane is heading to the location to drop equipment and fuel.

Europe

17 December 2011