© Rob BurchThe Chinese vessel, Xue Long, has expressed fears that it has also become stuck in the ice.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has released another press release:
Aurora Australis on standby as a precautionary measureProf Turney tweets he is gutted by the news. I guess he can't believe that climate warming could trap so many ships in sea ice. His communication manager just announced that all the new sea ice is caused by global warming, see my last post.
Xue Long notified AMSA at 1pm AEDT this afternoon it has concerns about their ability to move through heavy ice in the area. The Aurora Australis has been placed on standby by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre Australia (RCC Australia) to remain in open water in the area as a precautionary measure. The Xue Long has advised RCC Australia that it will attempt to manoeuvre through the ice when tidal conditions are most suitable during the early hours of 4 January 2014.
There is no immediate danger to personnel on board the Xue Long."
Talk about irony.
Rescuers who used fossil-fuel burning ships and a helicopter to rescue him from his folly.
And now that the Chinese ship whose helicopter pulled him and his followers from Antarctic entrapment is itself stuck, it's all because of Global Warming.
The ingratitude is off the scales.
What about International Maritime Laws, who bears the responsibility for this?
This news, which seems to be verified, is a terrible turn of events.
Excuse me whist my heart goes out to the entrapped rescuers.