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Passengers to stay on board as ice-trapped Akademik Shokalsky ship rescued

The Russian research vessel may reach the open water in 15 to 16 hours at the earliest

SYDNEY, December 27. /ITAR-TASS/. The captain of the Russian research ship Akademik Shokalsky has dismissed reports by Australian media outlets which said that passengers would be evacuated before the operation to release the ship trapped in Antarctic ice began.