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Ship spends 10th day stuck in frozen waters off Antarctica
A research ship has arrived to help rescue a Russian fishing vessel that struck ice and became stuck in the frozen waters off of Antarctica 10 days ago, officials in New Zealand said.
The Sparta hit underwater ice December 16, leaving a one-foot hole in the ship's hull, according to the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center.
The ship has been stranded in an area about 2,000 miles from New Zealand, where the ice has been so thick that rescue ships have had difficulty getting close.
Since becoming stuck, 32 crew members have been working with rescuers to try to patch up the hole to keep the ship from sinking. They had been given tools dropped by a New Zealand Air Force plane, helping them pump out freezing water that was rushing into the ship.
But it has been difficult for the crew to both patch up the hole and pump out water, an official said.
"They are having difficulty in trying to fix a patch to the damaged part of the hull because they need to stop one of the pumps to do this, and then the water level creeps up again," Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator Neville Blakemore told the New Zealand Herald.
The research vessel Araon is beginning to pump fuel into the damaged ship in hopes of lifting the bow out of the water enough to expose the damaged area of the hull, search and rescue mission coordinator Mike Roberts said.
Once the ship's hull is out of the water, officials hope that they can weld metal plates to both the inside and outside of the damaged area.
"If successful, the repair is expected to render Sparta seaworthy and able to be escorted by Araon out of the sea ice to open water," the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center said.
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ummm, are you blind, that ship is not stuck, it's floating next to the ice.
so much for global warming
Yes, because if there is ice in the antartic, there cant be global warming, right?
(good grief!!)
I wonder if AAA will cover the bill on this?
That's a good tounge-in-cheek comment. NOT STUPID LIKE MOST OF THE OTHERS.
Nice.
I thought the ice caps were thawing.
Yeah, that's what they have been saying huh? The Earth is warming, killer asteroids, solar storms, over population, ect ect.
mac? ect ect ? is this antarctic speak ?
Jorge, please STOP thinking. You'll hurt yourself.
Give it about 10 more years and the ice will melt around the boat and then it can leave.
leave the fish alone already...
who knew you could get frozen in there, this is huge news, a stunning piece of journalism
Read the caption, genius, that's the rescue ship in the photo.
The ice caps are melting morons! People are so dumb it's hilarious. They have nothing but conjecture to say. But they have no clue about any facts. I see it all the time when I play poker. 100% think they know how to play. About 5% actually know what a 10 to 1 draws is getting paid 2 to 1 pot money. 🙂
THIS is SPARTA!
Let them eat FISH!
Quick, someone call Al Gore and tell him that Global Warming needs more fuel to free the ship !!! I would have thought this story would be about how Antarctic waters were boiling.
u guyz r so funny…pheewww
Ahhh, cold showers in a cold steel ship, bound by ice. Sounds heavenly.
Isn't this all supposed to be melting?
Yes, unfortunately your brain was first.