U.S. Coast Guard to the Rescue!

[Bob77064]

Years ago the Russians had nuclear powered icebreakers, they are probably sitting somewhere now leaking nuclear radiation. Kind of like a Chernobyl ship.

 

[two_bit_score]

Years ago the Russians had nuclear powered icebreakers, they are probably sitting somewhere now leaking nuclear radiation. Kind of like a Chernobyl ship.

Maybe that's what the global warming searchers were doing down there? Looking for the Russian nuclear ghost ships?

 

[Bob77064]

Maybe that's what the global warming searchers were doing down there? Looking for the Russian nuclear ghost ships?

Yes sir, that could be they would just have to look for the glowing light.

 

[LD1]

I thought the Russians still has some of the worlds largest icebreakers in service.

When all this made news I did some googling, and there were far larger breakers than the USA had.

 

[bcp]

A web page about one of the nuclear icebreakers:

Yamal, a nuclear powered icebreaker

Bruce

 

[Jim Shooz]

Ironic that they are having to 'save' a ship that was laden with climate researchers trying to prove global warming theories from being stranded in ice.

>>The Akademik Shokalskiy first sent out its distress call that it was stuck in ice on Christmas morning and has been lodged there ever since until finally having its passengers saved this week. The Snow Dragon, a Chinese icebreaker, moved closer to the Akademik Shokalskiy but, rather than managing to break a path through which it could escape, the icebreaker got stuck itself. A helicopter the ship brought with it did manage to take some passengers out of the Akademik Shokalskiy before the full rescue. An American vessel, the Polar Star, arrived this week from Australia and is in the process of returning the passengers to Tasmania, where they are expected by mid-January. The ships themselves remain lodged in ice.<<

It's summertime in Antartica no less.

The quality and accuracy of reporting of 'news' leaves a lot to be desired.

As i understand it: the Akademik Shokalskiy got stuck.
The Chinese icebreaker The Snow Dragon got stuck.
The Snow Dragon's helicopter ferried the research/passengers to the Australian icebreaker, Aurora Australis which is now on its way to resupply bases down there. It will return to Oz with the research/passengers.
The Polar Star has yet to arrive to break out the two ships but in the meantime the Snow Dragon has broken free.
Trapped Chinese vessel breaks through ice - World - NZ Herald News from todays local paper

That last sentence in the earlier quote "Polar Star, arrived this week from Australia and is in the process of returning the passengers to Tasmania" is pure fabrication.

 

[lockhaven]

The ice wouldn't have been there if it was cold. If it was cold, the ice would have been locked up. It was warm, so the ice broke up and blew with the wind, which pinned the ship in its location. Very similar to ice break-up on large rivers in the springtime. I.E. the local climate warmed, which caused the ice to break up and move.

now we know the warmer spin, they are stuck because what little ice is there blew in around them. I guess the people on shore are out sun bathing watching the entire thing

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Funny thing about Russia's nuclear powered ice breaker, Yamal. It can't make it to Antarctica because it's cooling system can't handle the warm tropical ocean water it needs to go through to get there.

 

[grsthegreat]

apparently the Russian ship has also broken free and is moving...according to what i read.

Tuesday brought positive news for the Akademik Shokalskiy as well.
The ship, which had been trapped in frozen seas since Christmas Eve, is now beginning to travel at a slow speed after a crack appeared in the ice, Igor Kiselyov told the ITAR-TASS news agency.




"Finally the wind changed to the west and as a result a crack appeared in the ice. We went into it and we are now slowly moving north," he said.
"We are going at a slow speed and by changing course, we have moved forward already more than 20 miles," he added.

 

[bcp]

Ships out:

Ice bound ships break free in Antarctica | Stuff.co.nz



Article about China's ship breaking out:

Gallery: China's trapped icebreaker makes successful escape - People's Daily Online

Bruce