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| US Icebreaker Closing in on Strande |
| US Icebreaker Closing in on Stranded Australian Ship
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 13-February-2015
7:47:5 AM |
| A US ship was "dodging massive icebergs" as it races to help an Australian fishing vessel stuck in the Antarctic ice, rescue authorities said today.
The 63-metre (207-foot) "Antarctic Chieftain" became trapped in ice some 900 nautical miles (1,650 kilometres) northeast of McMurdo Sound on Tuesday, damaging its propeller, the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand said in a statement.
Related'India Doesn't Deserve to Be Permanent Member of UN Security Council,' Nawaz Sharif Tells Barack ObamaAir Strikes in Syria Kill at Least 20 Islamic State Fighters: MonitorUS Is Escalating a Secretive War in AfghanistanThe centre said the trawler's hull was not damaged and the crew of 26 was not at risk.
"The crew is safely on board, they have plenty of supplies and the vessel's integrity is not compromised," rescue coordinator Greg Johnston said, adding that there had been no oil spill in the environmentally sensitive area.
He said the US Coast Guard icebreaker "Polar Star" was about 100 nautical miles away and should reach it late today or early tomorrow.
"We are navigating through heavy pack ice, dodging massive icebergs ... some that are miles across, often in low visibility conditions," the icebreaker's commander, captain Matthew Walker said in a statement.
"The mission... we are now engaged (in) demonstrates the Coast Guard's core mission to save lives at sea, in any continent's waters."
The Coast Guard ship will break the trawler out of the ice and tow if free if the propeller damage means it cannot manoeuvre under its own steam.
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