A ship stuck in ice near Antarctica is waiting for a second rescue attempt, after a Chinese icebreaker failed to free it. <br /><br />The ‘Snow Dragon’ was stalled by heavy ice and could not reach the 74 passengers on board the stuck MV Akademik Shokalskiy.<br /><br />Now an Australian vessel, Aurora Australis, is on its way.<br /><br />The trapped Russian ship is 185 kilometres east of Dumont D’Urville, a French Antarctic research station. <br /><br />The ship ran into trouble on December 25 after leaving New Zealand on November 28. <br /><br />On board the MV Akademik Shokalskiy is the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. They had been following the route taken by explorer Douglas Mawson a century ago. <br /><br />There are also some tourists. <br /><br />Experiments are continuing and there is plenty of food and vital supplies.
