Japan's Icebreaker Shirase departs for Antarctica
TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japanese icebreaker the Shirase passing under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 11, 2011, shortly after its departure from Harumi Wharf for Antarctica on a mission to support the country's 53rd expedition team to be deployed there. The 12,650-ton Shirase also plans to help break the ice near Australia's Antarctic Mawson Base in response to the Australian government's request to secure supply routes. (Kyodo)
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- 2011/11/11 00:00:00
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