The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued the crew of a ship that was trapped in the Antarctic ice for nearly a week.
The Antarctic Chieftain, a 207-foot Australian-flagged fishing vessel, called for help on Feb. 10 when it suffered damage to three of its four propellers after becoming beset in the ice roughly 900 miles northeast of McMurdo Sound.
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The Coast Guard has been documenting the journey on its website, which you can read here.
The Polar Star is now heading to its home port in Seattle.
