Kulluk Drill Rig Runs Aground in Alaska

A salvage team aboard the conical drilling unit Kulluk moves an emergency towing system delivered the Kulluk by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The Kulluk is located 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, on the shore of Sitkalidak Island.

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Unique identifier: GP04EU9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/01/2013

Locations: Alaska, Gulf of Alaska, Sitkalidak Island, 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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