Tourists and scientists aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica on Tuesday (December 31) composed aa special song to celebrate New Year. A video uploaded on the internet shows around a dozen people inside a tent erected on the deck of the ship singing about their plight.
"We're the AAE who have travelled far,
Having fun doing science in Antarctica.
Lots of snow and lots of ice,
Lots of penguins which are very, very nice.
Really good food and company
But a bloody great shame we are still stuck here.
Ice thaw, cha, cha, cha.
Ice thaw, cha, cha, cha.
Ice thaw, cha, cha, cha.
Lots of ships around us now,
Boats at our stern and boats at our bow.
Up in the air the Chinese came,
Flew around once and left again.
The French dropped by but couldn't get near.
Bloody great shame we are still stuck here.
Akademik Shokalskiy,
Akademik Shokalskiy,
Akademik Shokalskiy,
Akademik Shokalskiy.
Aurora Australis came roaring in
But the ice was thick where they thought it was thin.
They withdrew to the edge to consider their plan.
Really determined to the very last man.
The way through the pack was far from clear.
So, bloody great shame we are still stuck here.
Stuck in Antarctica,
Stuck in Antarctica...
Scientific research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy has been stuck in sea ice off the coast of Antarctica - 185 kilometres east of Dumont D'Urville - since Christmas Day.
The ship is carrying 74 people, including scientists, tourists and crew. They are said to be in good spirits with ample food supplies.
Russia said on Monday Chinese ship the Snow Dragon would send a helicopter. It had attempted a rescue by sea, but this was halted due to thick ice. A similar attempt by Australian icebreaker The Aurora Australis was also thwarted because of blizzards.
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