Passengers on board a Russian research ship are still anxiously awaiting rescue, nearly a week after being trapped in Antarctic ice.
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![Barbara Tucker, a passenger aboard the trapped ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, looks at an Adelie penguin walking by on the ice, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a2c82904-1452-4ef1-b4e6-2f8845c1103a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Barbara Tucker, a passenger aboard the trapped ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, looks at an Adelie penguin walking by on the ice, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.
![A thin coat of snow covers the deck of the trapped ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f26e9fd8-fa83-4302-b255-2bcd6bebb74d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A thin coat of snow covers the deck of the trapped ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.
![Nicole De Losa, a passenger on board the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, waves to a helicopter sent from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) to assess ice conditions around the Russian Ship, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/45c82410-067e-4692-a12e-c405e63e93f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nicole De Losa, a passenger on board the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, waves to a helicopter sent from the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) to assess ice conditions around the Russian Ship, East Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2013.
![Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped in thick ice, 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia, East Antarctica, Dec. 27, 2013. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/bb913446-ea47-4c8f-9f64-8fd0bc5474f4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped in thick ice, 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia, East Antarctica, Dec. 27, 2013.