Icebreaker Snow Dragon on Horizon with Penguins!

A few hours ago, Professor Chris Turney, on the  MV Akademik Shokalskiy currently trapped in pack ice off Antarctica, south of Tasmania, tweeted:  Great news. Icebreaker Snow Dragon on horizon with penguins! Everyone very happy!   

We suspect that the penguins are not actually part of the rescue.  Professor Turney also tweeted a light-hearted Vine video.  Click on the upper left corner of the video for sound.

https://vine.co/v/h9r9IwB1wJM

The Akademik Shokalskiy is one of eight Finnish-built Akademik Shuleykin-class ice-strengthened oceanographic research ships built for the USSR. Five of the class have been converted to expedition cruise ships.

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