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Was Shell's Icebreaker Damaged in Shallow Waters?
2015-07-13 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: New marine tracking data shows a Shell-contracted icebreaker may have crossed through shallow waters that offered little clearance between the vessels bottom and the ocean floor before a 3-foot hole was discovered in its hull. The Automatic Identification System data -- location information captured every minute from the MSV Fennica -- shows its July 3 route away from the Alaska Port of Dutch Harbor before a leak identified by a marine pilot and other crew onboard the icebreaker forced it to...
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