The 370-foot Russian tanker Renda is escorted by a specially-designed Coast Guard ice breaker, the USCGC Healy, but progress is just five to six miles a day. The two ships have 300 more miles of sea ice to crush before than reach Nome, Alaska, which could run out of fuel if the delivery doesn't make it.
Jan 8, 2012
Tanker carrying supplies for stranded Alaskan village gets stuck in thick ice flows as it crosses the frigid Bering Sea
The 370-foot Russian tanker Renda is escorted by a specially-designed Coast Guard ice breaker, the USCGC Healy, but progress is just five to six miles a day. The two ships have 300 more miles of sea ice to crush before than reach Nome, Alaska, which could run out of fuel if the delivery doesn't make it.
Posted by DEVI at 12:04 AM
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