A wrecked Brazilian ship is trapped in ice and spilling fuel in
Antarctica, with no hopes of containing the damage until the long South
Pole winter eases next October.
M/V Endless Sea’ capsized and sank in 39 feet of water last month near
where Chile and Brazil have navy bases. The crew was rescued without
injury, but poor weather kept them from diving below to check the damage
until Wednesday. The ship carried about 2,100 gallons of oil but Mrs
Veronica Vallejos of the Chilean Antarctic Institute tells the
Associated Press that the extent of the spill at this time is unknown.
The worst Antarctic spill to date was in 2007, when a tourist ship went down with nearly 57,000 gallons of fuel. CRS
says that all ships working in international waters should be
double-hulled, and that a timetable should be set to achieve this.
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