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This image taken by expedition doctor Andrew Peacock of www.footloosefotography.com on December 31, 2013 shows an adelie penguin near the MV Akademik Shokalskiy (R), still stuck in the ice off East Antarctica, as the ship waits for a possible helicopter rescue. The icebound Russian research vessel prepared to ring in the New Year in remote Antarctica on December 31 as blizzards hampered a helicopter rescue planned after several icebreaking attempts failed. The ship is carrying scientists and tourists who are following the Antarctic path of explorer Douglas Mawson a century ago, details of which at www.spiritofmawson.com, and have been carrying out the same scientific experiments his team conducted during the 1911-1914 Australian Antarctic Expedition – the first large-scale Australian-led scientific expedition to the frozen continent. (Photo by Andrew Peacock/AFP Photo)
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