U.S. Coast Guard to the Rescue!

[two_bit_score]

Yes but the irony of the whole thing is that the reason the research ship was there was to gather data to compare it with Mawsons data from an expedition very early last century. They were hoping that comparison of the data would support their theories that there was a lessening of the ice mass in the Antarctic and there is global warming.

Oh the ironing.

:thumbsup:

 

[bcp]

Power:

Akademik Shokalskiy = 3076 hp--for 1,764 tons
2 Diesel ME 1,147 kW (1,538 hp) engines
Akademik Shokalskiy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Xue Long = 17,700 hp--for 15,352 tons
The ship is powered by a single[11] 8-cylinder BMZ 8DKRN60/195 low-speed two-stroke diesel engine, a licence-built version of B&W 8L60MC, producing 13,200 kW (17,700 hp).
MV Xue Long - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Polar star = 93,000 hp--for 13,623 tons
Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp)
Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp)
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[TomSeller]

Power:

Akademik Shokalskiy = 3076 hp--for 1,764 tons
2 Diesel ME 1,147 kW (1,538 hp) engines
Akademik Shokalskiy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Xue Long = 17,700 hp--for 15,352 tons
The ship is powered by a single[11] 8-cylinder BMZ 8DKRN60/195 low-speed two-stroke diesel engine, a licence-built version of B&W 8L60MC, producing 13,200 kW (17,700 hp).
MV Xue Long - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Polar star = 93,000 hp--for 13,623 tons
Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp)
Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp)
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

93,000 HP. Wow, what I wouldn't give for that in one of my tractors.

 

[bcp]

93,000 HP. Wow, what I wouldn't give for that in one of my tractors.

I couldn't afford the fuel bill:

With tanks having a capacity of 1.4 million gallons of fuel, the vessel’s operating range is 28,275 nautical
miles (32,538 miles).
http://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters...ocs/PolarSea1976-HistContextRpt22July2011.pdf

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I couldn't afford the fuel bill:

With tanks having a capacity of 1.4 million gallons of fuel, the vessel’s operating range is 28,275 nautical
miles (32,538 miles).
http://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters...ocs/PolarSea1976-HistContextRpt22July2011.pdf

Roughly speaking, that seems to add up to about 20 gallons per mile (assuming "range" means 32,538 miles there and the same back)...and at $4.00 per gallon of diesel, over $5,000,000 to filler her up. Who's paying for all of this? Al Gore?

 

[riptides]

A Western European led research vessel, a Chinese ice-breaker, a Russian ice-breaker, and and American ice-breaker, walk into a bar. Which one talks to the pretty girl at the bar?

The American vessel, of course; it's the only one good at breaking the ice.

- credit to by wjcofkc (964165)

 

[TomSeller]

. Who's paying for all of this?

I wonder if the Chinese and Russians signed up under the affordable rescue act?

 

[two_bit_score]

I wonder if the Chinese and Russians signed up under the affordable rescue act?

The website was down at the time. Enrollment time has been extended.

 

[riptides]

Actually, this has been a thought out process honed by decades of events in the maritime industry.

Under the Treaty of the Safety of Life at Sea, vessels are required to respond to a distress message. The costs incurred for the related response a matter for the ship owners after the event transpires.

 

[TomSeller]

The costs incurred for the related response a matter for the ship owners after the event transpires.

As much as this is going to cost, we can square away our balance of trade with the Chinese?