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A Chinese boat with icebreaking capability is expected to reach the dense ice-packed region off East Antarctica, where a Russian scientific mission ship has .\r
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The Chinese icebreaker, Snow Dragon, stuck in Antarctic ice on a rescue mission, is planning to send a helicopter to explore the way to the trapped Russian .\r
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Matthew Chance reports the latest on the rescue of the marooned research crew near Antarctica.
