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Nome Fuel Unloaded, USCG Healy and Russian Tanker Renda Must Now Get Out
After spending the better part of a month getting to Nome, Alaska to deliver an emergency supply of fuel to last the winter, the ice-strengthened Russian tanker Renda has finally off-loaded its cargo – 1.3 million gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline … Continue reading
Update: Waiting for the Dawn – Tanker Renda and USCG Icebreaker Healy Six Miles From Nome
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Healy, Nome, Renda, Russian tanker, USCG icebreaker
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Update: Tracking the USCG Icebreaker Healy
The internet is a wonderful thing. I am sitting in my office, which is around 70 degrees F (21 degrees C), drinking a hot cup of coffee, while tracking the painfully slow progress of the USCG Icebreaker Healy as it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Healy, Nome, Renda, Russian tanker, USCG icebreaker
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Update: Tanker Renda and USCG Icebreaker Healy Making Slow Progress to Nome
When the sled dog, Balto, arrived with emergency supplies for the icebound town of Nome in 1926, a statue was erected in his honor in New York City’s Central park. When the Russian ice strengthened tanker Renda, escorted by the USCG’s icebreaker Healy arrive … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Healy, ice, Nome, Renda, Russian tanker, USGC icebreaker
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Rescue Mission to Nome – Russian Tanker Renda & USCG Icebreaker Healy Battle Ice to Deliver Fuel
The Russian tanker Renda and the USCG icebreaking cutter Healy are on a rescue mission to the Alaskan city of Nome. After a major storm prevented a pre-winter fuel delivery by barge, the Russian tanker Renda was chartered to deliver 1.3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Healy, Nome, Renda, Russian tanker, USCG icebreaking cutter
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Win for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales – Judge Rejects Removal from Endangered List
The beluga whale population in Alaska’s Cook Inlet has been declining since the 1980s. Hunting by Alaska Natives killed nearly half the remaining 650 whales in only four years between 1994 and 1998. Native hunting of the belugas has since been … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, State of Alaska
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Kivalina, Alaska’s Orange Goo – Eggs, but Whose?
Last week, a bright orange jelly or “goo” floated up on the beaches of Kivalina, a remote Alaskan village of just over 400 residents. Now scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have determined that the goo is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, invertebrate eggs, Kivalina, Orange Goo
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Kayaking with Feeding Humpback Whales
Some rather remarkable footage. Posted by Linda Anderson on Facebook. Nearly swallowed by whales Seu browser não suporta iframes.
Dead Humpback Whale Pinned to Bow of the Sapphire Princess
Last summer, the Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship operating on the South-West coast of Alaska, arrived in the port of Vancouver with a 70 foot long fin whale impaled on its bulbous bow. Wednesday, almost exactly a year later, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, criminal charges, Dawn Princess, humpback whale, Sapphire Princess, Tracy Arm
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