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NEW ZEALAND: Icebreaker hires Taylor to lead European growth
2014-01-16 15:30:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
New Zealand outdoor apparel firm Icebreaker has appointed Dion Taylor as the company's new general manager for Europe.
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Michael Hill appoints Icebreaker chair Rob Fyfe to board
2014-01-06 02:02:40| Airlines - Topix.net
Outgoing Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe announces the airline company's 2012 full-year annual result to the media.
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Chinese icebreaker stuck after helping Antarctic rescue
2014-01-03 08:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday, further complicating the 9-day "roller-coaster" rescue operation. The Snow Dragon had ferried the passengers from the stranded Russian ship to an Australian icebreaker late on Thursday. It now had concerns about its own ability to move through heavy ice, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said. "It will attempt to maneuver through the ice...
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Antarctic rescue mission: Australian icebreaker forced back by blizzard
2013-12-30 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An Antarctic blizzard has halted an Australian icebreaker's bid to reach a Russian ship trapped for a week with 74 people on board, rescuers said on Monday. The Aurora Australis had to return to open waters about 18 nautical miles from the stranded Akademik Shokalskiy because of poor visibility, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which is co-ordinating the rescue, said. The Australian vessel reached as close as about 10 nautical miles from the trapped ship before turning back....
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Antarctic passengers ponder logistics of air rescue as second icebreaker closes in
2013-12-29 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Sunday began as the days now always begin on the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, with a briefing for the passengers on the status of the rescue effort. The crew and expedition leaders had been poring over weather and ice forecasts and speaking with maritime rescue agencies and other ships' captains since the early morning. At 10am they decided it was time to warn the rest of the passengers to steel themselves for the extreme-case scenario if the icebreakers could not get us out within the next 48 hours:...
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