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From: zrm@mit-eddie.UUCP (Zigurd R. Mednieks)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Russian ships stranded
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Date: Sun, 23-Oct-83 19:00:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 23 19:00:18 1983
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The Russians are probably more experienced with ice-breaking ships than
we are. They are using the "Leonid Brezhnev" in rescue efforts. This is
the same ship that broke all the way through to the north pole (!). Some
rescues have been done with helicopters, but the weather has gotten
worse. If all of the roughly 40 ships that remain stranded sink, it will
be the worst shipping disaster since the Second World War. Among the
stranded ships are three ice-breakers. For more details read this week's
"Economist."

Cheers,
Zig