中國直升機開始撤離俄羅斯科考船乘客

Dozens of passengers aboard a Russian research ship stuck for over a week in Antarctic ice are being evacuated Thursday, after a rescue helicopter finally was able to land nearby.

Video posted on Twitter by Chris Turney, one of the scientists on the ship, showed a Chinese helicopter carrying passengers from the Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been stranded since Christmas Eve.

Fifty-two passengers - including scientists, tourists, and journalists - are waiting to board the helicopter, 12 at a time. They will be carried to an Australian icebreaker ship, which they will then take on a weeks-long journey to land.

Blizzard conditions hampered previous attempts to evacuate the passengers by helicopter. Icebreaker ships from China, Australia, and France had also failed to reach the Russian vessel.一艘俄羅斯科學考察船上的數十名乘客星期四開始撤離，此前一架擔任營救任務的直升機終於得以在附近冰面降落。這艘科考船被困超過一星期。

俄羅斯科考船上的科學家圖爾尼放在推特上的錄像畫面顯示，一架中國直升機正在搭載“紹卡利斯基院士號”的乘客。自聖誕夜以來，這艘科考船一直困在南極的浮冰中。

包括科學家、旅遊者和記者在內的52名乘客等待登上這架直升機，每批12人。他們將被送上一艘澳大利亞破冰船，航行數星期後才能登陸。

此前直升機撤離乘客的行動因暴風雪天氣而受阻。來自中國、澳大利亞和法國的破冰船都未能接近“紹卡利斯基院士號”。