Arctic helicopter rescue
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Arctic helicopter rescue
BBC report
Rescuers in helicopters have battled freezing Arctic conditions to pluck 12 Russian scientists from a ice floe.
A Mi-26 helicopter performed a risky manoeuvre to land on the melting ice and rescue the stranded men.
Part of the floating ice shelf sank on Wednesday, destroying most of Russia's North Pole-32 research station.
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Scientists rescued from ice floe
Rescuers in helicopters have battled freezing Arctic conditions to pluck 12 Russian scientists from a ice floe.
A Mi-26 helicopter performed a risky manoeuvre to land on the melting ice and rescue the stranded men.
Part of the floating ice shelf sank on Wednesday, destroying most of Russia's North Pole-32 research station.
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for full report
