more-inIn February 2018, 30 Indian scientists on an expedition to one of India’s base stations in Antarctica had to be evacuated after their ship collided with an iceberg. The hired Russian ship, m.v. Ivan Papanin, was on its way to Maitri, India’s inland research base, from Bharati, another India station. “It struck an iceberg or some other underground structure and the scientists had to be evacuated by helicopter. Inspite of regular expeditions to Antarctica, India doesn’t yet have an ice-breaker ship of its own.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2018 17:48 UTC