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In early August, a team of salvors will embark on the delicate task of removing the wreck of a crab fishing boat that grounded on the coast of St. George in January.
After months of being unable to work on the wreck of the Arctic Sea, a 134-foot fishing vessel that grounded on January 5, Alaskan officials now have a clear status of the wreck. Rough weather has impeded progress this year, but the removal will begin next month.
A situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) indicates that since the grounding, it took salvage teams at least six months to reach the wreck and carry out a detailed survey. Arctic Sea went aground carrying 50,000 gallons of diesel, roughly 2,000 gallons of hydraulic fluid and lube oil, and some 11,000 pounds of crab in her holds.
Most of the detail was established over the past two months. On June 1, a crew from Global Diving & Salvage managed to board the hull and run a pollution survey. They determined that ten of the vessel’s eleven fuel tanks had emptied into the sea — roughly 45,000 gallons of diesel in all — along with all 2,000 gallons of lube oil and hydraulic fluid.
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