Seventy-four passengers aboard a Bahamas-flagged cruise ship stuck in the ice in Antarctica, Ocean Nova, are to be evacuated today, the Argentine navy said.

"Approximately at 3 p.m. (Malta time) the passenger ship Clipper Adventurer, of the same company, is to arrive in the area to take on the passengers, who will continue their voyage to the city of Ushuaia," the navy said in a statement.

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