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US Coast Guard Ship To Attempt Rescue of 2 Icebreakers In Antarctica
PolygamousRanchKid writes "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 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 Australian Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Coordination Centre, which oversaw the rescue, said the Polar Star, the Coast Guard's only active heavy polar icebreaker, would take about seven days to reach Commonwealth Bay, depending on weather. Under international conventions observed by most countries, ships' crews are obliged to take part in such rescues and the owners carry the costs."
Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah!
Along came an icebreaker and there were...
Two blue ships, stuck upon the ice. Two blue ships, stuck upon the ice, along came an icebreaker and there were...
Three blue ships, stuck upon the ice...
Might as well reschedule the International Icebreakers Convention to the Arctic right now, everyone can have a jolly good bash at it!
Or, for the more paranoid among us, its a ruse by Icebreaker crews to have a excuse to finally organize the International Icebreaker Olympics!
Or at least get collectively owned by mother nature.
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Along came an icebreaker and there were...
Two blue ships, stuck upon the ice. Two blue ships, stuck upon the ice, along came an icebreaker and there were...
Three blue ships, stuck upon the ice...
I don't get it.
I was thinking the ice breaker was along the lines of ... "So, come to Antarctica often?"
It'll be Canada to show you amateurs how it's done.
Three! Three stuck icebreakers!
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A Western European led research vessel, a Chinese ice-breaker, a Russian ice-breaker, and and American ice-breaker, walk into a bar. Which one talks to the pretty girl at the bar?
The American vessel, of course; it's the only one good at breaking the ice.
I've heard rumours that Alaska can get quite cold.
They just say that to keep the tourists away.