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Imagine 154 people bobbing around in lifeboats for more than four hours in the middle of the night, amid floating sheets of ice, in sub-zero temperature . Happily, nobody was injured. Here our Zodiacs are busy transferring survivors from the lifeboats to the Norwegian vessel. There was some luck involved as the sea was relatively calm. But the terrific coordination and expertise of all the crew members helped prevent a possible tragedy.
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Antarctica
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