Kulluk Drill Rig Crew Evacuated

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, from Air Station Kodiak conducts the 13th hoist of 18 crewmen from the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The tug Aiviq suffered problems towing the Kulluk prompting the Coast Guard to deploy cutters and aircraft while Royal Dutch Shell dispatched additional tugs.

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Unique identifier: GP04ERF

Type: Image

Shoot date: 29/12/2012

Locations: Gulf of Alaska, United States of America

Credit line: © The United States Coast Guard

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Kulluk Drill Rig Runs Aground in Alaska

Shell’s drill rig, the Kulluk, runs aground after being towed from the Arctic back to Dutch Harbour in Alaska, USA. Days of effort trying to guide the mobile offshore drilling rig through stormy Alaska seas hit a crisis on 31 Dec, when crew members were forced to disconnect the rig from its last remaining tow line and the vessel went aground on a small island south of Kodiak.

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