WATCH: Antarctic passengers rescued

By Nicky Phillips
Updated January 3 2014 - 11:58am, first published January 2 2014 - 9:30pm
The first load of rescued passengers are delivered by helicopter to an ice floe next to the icebreaker. Picture: Nicky Phillips
The first load of rescued passengers are delivered by helicopter to an ice floe next to the icebreaker. Picture: Nicky Phillips

The last of the stranded Akademik Shokalskiy passengers safely boarded their rescue ship, the Aurora Australis, on Thursday night, four hours after the high-risk rescue operation began.

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