The Russian tanker Renda, carrying 1.3 million gallons of emergency fuel, escorted by the USCG icebreaker Healy are within 6 NM of Nome, Alaska on Friday morning. They are waiting for sunrise before advancing closer. Daylight will make moving though the ice safer and will help to pinpoint the staging area from whence they can start discharging the cargo of diesel oil and gasoline. Dawn in Nome today arrives at Nome at around 11:30 AM local time (9:30 PM GMT.)
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Read this yesterday and forgot about it, sorry:
25-foot sea ice ridge confronts Alaska fuel convoy
msnbc.com – 20 hours ago
An ice ridge blocking the harbor of Nome, Alaska, juts out above the rest of the sea ice on Jan. 3. By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com What most people take for granted — how fuel gets to our homes and cars — is an epic story for Nome, Alaska, … http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/12/10136564-25-foot-sea-ice-ridge-confronts-alaska-fuel-convoy