Rescue mission for polar explorers

canberra - Australia has sent a ship to Antarctica to collect 37 expedition members a jammed icebreaker. The Aurora Australis came Wednesday during a heavy snowstorm apart from its berth in the Antarctic and ran on the rocks. The vessel sustained some damage, but not such that it is dangerous according to the authorities.

The expedition members Friday with the aid ship brought to the Mawson research station, the BBC reported. The 31 members manning lation stay on board and continue its efforts to loosen the ship. They do include smaller boats.

The jamming of the icebreaker, the logistics of Australians pretty messed up. Thirty expedition members sit elsewhere in Antarctica, would be picked up by the ship, but now by an American plane that has picked up on skis.