Chinese helicopter lifts passengers on trapped Russian ship to safety (1/10)

Passengers from the trapped Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy prepare to board the Chinese helicopter Xueying 12 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)