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Posted on 06/27/2002 10:45:56 AM PDT by SJackson
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Trapped aboard a cargo ship in the howling depths of an Antarctic winter, scores of Russian scientists and technicians saw hopes of a quick rescue vanish yesterday. "Of course I am worried," said Vyacheslav Martyanov, leader of the scientists on the Magdalena Oldendorff, in an interview over a satellite telephone. "Because the distance is long, the daylight is short and the weather is bad."
The ship lies snug against a 13-story wall of ice in a bay off the Antarctic coast, waiting as efforts to reach it falter.
A South African research vessel trying to carry helicopters within range encountered unexpectedly thick sea ice. Now the ship, the Agulhas, probably won't get close enough for the helicopters to fly directly to and from the vessel, hampering efforts to reach the ship with desperately needed supplies.
The 107 passengers and crew members aboard the German-owned Magdalena have been rationing food, eating one meal a day to stretch their provisions another three weeks. "Food is the emergency problem for us," Martyanov said.
The ship also has only enough fuel for heat and light for two months.
If they work. Since there's some question of their reliability in more or less normal weather, it might be asking a lot for them to work in the Antarctic winter.
I would certainly think thats an option. I tend to think the headline is an exageration. Of course, they're out of cigarettes, so the situation is serious.
That's all I eat as it is.
I agree. When I first read the headline, I thought they were at the point of who they're going to kill and eat first: the dumb captain who trapped us here or the annoying fat guy with those plumpy thighs.
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"A South African research vessel trying to carry helicopters within range encountered unexpectedly thick sea ice."
I'm assuming the NYT will run a front page article on this unexpectedly THICK ice as they did when some Antarctic tour operators claimed they found more open sea than usual, which turned out to be normal. NYT said it was alarming evidence of global warming.
Food could be air-dropped if the situation gets that tight.
1100 pounds were delivered by helicopter today and 21 people taken off.
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