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SA AGULHAS PREPARED FOR FINAL HELICOPTER FLIGHTS.
Two final helicopter flights on Monday, from the polar supply ship SA Agulhas to the Magdalena Oldendorff, trapped in Antarctic pack ice, will rescue the eight Russian scientists and 11 "non-essential" crew left on board. SA Agulhas' captain Kevin Tate said the final flights would go ahead provided the weather held out. The two Oryx helicopters aboard the SA Agulhas last week rescued 71 scientists and crew members. The Magdalena Oldendorff was returning from a supply mission to the Russian Antarctic bases of Novolazarevskaia and Mirniy when she was caught in thickening pack ice about 300km north of Queen Maude Land earlier this month. Meanwhile the Master of the Magdalena reported improving ...
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BYLINE: STAFF WRITER THE SA Agulhas, powering onwards to evacuate an...tests by the medical crew aboard the SA Agulhas. According to De Bruyn, Nefhere...speeds gusting to 20km/h. The SA Agulhas was scheduled to arrive at the island...
- Antarctic Weather Forecasting System Assists in Stranded Ship Rescue.
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service July 5, 2002 700+ words
...supply vessel Magdalena Oldendorff, trapped...strengthened ship SA Agulhas, sent from...retrieve the Magdalena Oldendorff and the skeleton...winds at the Magdalena Oldendorff were averaging...grounded on the SA Agulhas. The Antarctic...
- Polar supply ship following in RSA's wake down south has much to live up...
- Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa) June 3, 2009 700+ words
...Transport when they built the larger SA Agulhas in 1978, RSA wound up in the care of...service, became egg boxes. The larger SA Agulhas naturally has more mod-cons than her...specialised vessel about 20 metres longer than SA Agulhas. She needs to comply with all international...
- SA research ship dispatched to rescue injured scientist on Marion Island.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa) July 16, 2009 700+ words
...s ONLY polar research vessel, the SA Agulhas, has been dispatched to rescue a 24...from the medical crew on-board the SA Agulhas. "We did not receive a report on his...night Captain Freddie Ligthelm of the SA Agulhas said the ship was scheduled to arrive...
- Ship still trapped in ice.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) June 28, 2002 700+ words
...79 Russian scientists and 28 crew members on board the Magdalena Oldendorff, which was heading for Cape Town. Because there are...vessel, forcing it to move farther north - away from the Magdalena Oldendorff - or risk getting trapped itself. The Argentinian icebreaker...
- Stories of modern science ... from UPI.
- News wire article from: United Press International July 8, 2002 700+ words
...helicopters to pick up most of the 78 Russian scientists and 28-member crew aboard the German supply vessel Magdalena Oldendorff, which has been hemmed in by pack ice since mid-June. Standard weather models do not work well over the South...
- SOS race to ice ship.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) June 17, 2002 700+ words
A RESCUE mission began yesterday to reach more than 100 people aboard a vessel trapped in Antarctic ice. The Magdalena Oldendorff, carrying 79 Russian scientists and 28 crew, took refuge in a fjord after running into pack-ice up to 50 miles...
- Stamps offer aid to island.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) August 22, 2001 700+ words
...The stamps are being sent to the South Atlantic British Overseas Territory aboard the South African Antartic research ship SA Agulhas. The ship is among vessels and helicopters forming a lifeline between Tristan and the outside world, which are depicted...
