The Antarctic stranding and rescue, which will potentially cost ship owners and governments several millions of dollars, has been reported around the world.
The stranding has also caused major disruption to a highly anticipated Chinese Antarctic program and frustrated the work of French and Australian scientists.
A review of postings from stranded passengers, including Greens senator-elect Janet Rice, details how the Shokalskiy captain was concerned about conditions before the stranding but his passengers undertook a shore expedition anyway. "I'm told the captain was becoming rather definite late in the afternoon that we needed to get everyone back on board ASAP because of the coming weather and the ice closing in," she wrote.
"I'm sure the captain would have been much happier if we had got away a few hours earlier."
