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UPDATE: Time to say screw it --> "There is now about 22 km of ice between the ship and open water."!!!
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[quote:Useless Cookie Eater:MV8yNDQ0NjIwXzQyMDg4NTMyX0ZDMzkwOUM5] [quote:Anonymous Coward 32953012:MV8yNDQ0NjIwXzQyMDg4NTEyX0NFMEY2QjRC] [quote:Useless Cookie Eater:MV8yNDQ0NjIwXzQyMDg4NDQ3X0MyRDAwMUI2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 32953012:MV8yNDQ0NjIwXzQyMDg4NDM3XzhEOTE5Nzcx] [quote:sea capn dread brian moran 51990793:MV8yNDQ0NjIwXzQyMDQ3MjcwX0VFODc0NjMz] RAMMING SPEED! After more than 11 hours of ramming thick sea ice to rescue the stranded Akademik Shokalskiy, Chinese ice-breaker Xue Long has retreated to open water, leaving the rescue operation to Australian ice-breaker Aurora Australis. Aurora captain Murray Doyle said it was always possible the ice would be too thick for the Xue Long. ''We were always option B,'' he said. ''We were always going to be sent on until the end.'' Reports from the Chinese ice-breaker and the Akademik Shokalskiy say pack ice in the area is 10/10ths, which means the vessel is surrounded, and some ice floes are between three and four metres thick. The Aurora could comfortably slice through ice up to 1.35 metres thick, [b]and crash through thicker slabs by reversing and ramming.[/b[ But Mr Doyle was unsure how the ice-breaker would handle ice thicker than three metres. ''It's not what we're built for,'' he said. http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/australian-icebreaker-closes-in-on-trapped-russian-ship-20131228-300pa.html [/quote] why does china have an ice breaker there? [/quote] They too, were trying to get the ship free. ....but the ice is over 10ft thick now....no chance of that. Apparently they are staying now too in open water because they have a helicopter on board to rescue the people. Kiss that ship BUH BYE though. [/quote] that is a long way from china 2-5000 miles [/quote] It was already in the area. It's an ICEBREAKER....that's what they do...BREAK ICE. Wouldn't be much good in MIAMI now would it? :thwak: [/quote]
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"The sea ice closed in." @ProfChrisTurney's research ship is stuck in Antarctic ice. Details here: [
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