US icebreaker to rescue 2 ships in Antarctica

Houston Chronicle ^ | January 4, 2014 | ROD McGUIRK

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker left Australia for Antarctica on Sunday to rescue more than 120 crew members aboard two icebreakers trapped in pack ice near the frozen continent's eastern edge, officials said.

The 122-meter (399-foot) cutter, the Polar Star, is responding to a Jan. 3 request from Australia, Russia and China to assist the Russian and Chinese ships because "there is sufficient concern that the vessels may not be able to free themselves from the ice," the Coast Guard said in a statement.

The Russian research ship Akademik Shokalskiy has been trapped in ice-clogged Commonwealth Bay since Christmas Eve, while the Chinese ship which came to its rescue, Xue Long or Snow Dragon in Chinese, reported on Friday it too had become stuck nearby.

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Andrew Peacock, an Australian doctor and photographer who was rescued from the Russian ship, said he and his fellow passengers "have been and continue to be thankful for all the help we have been given and ... aware of the cost and inconvenience to others."

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[GOPJ]

Have you seen this one? Obama talking about “excessively high temps” ... It’s funny.

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/craig-bannister/executive-order-excessively-high-temperatures-already-harming-public#sthash.LCjkBU8h.dpuf

[dfwgator]

Who is paying for all this?

Got a mirror?

[FBD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXREUU2v70&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Megastructures - building an icebreaker

[FBD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXREUU2v70&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Megastructures - building an icebreaker

[dforest]

Andrew “peacock” is a slobbering jackass. He is aware of the costs, but I saw nothing to say that he and his fellow dodo birds intend to pay the costs of their folly.