Icebreaker Shirase returns home from Antarctic expedition

Icebreaker Shirase returns home from Antarctic expedition

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase returned home at Tokyo's Harumi wharf April 13, about five months after leaving Tokyo to carry Japan's 46th Antarctic expedition team.

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