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Topic started on 2-9-2010 @ 03:56 PM by CX

Fuel Tanker Runs Aground In Arctic


news.sky.com
fuel tanker carrying nine million litres of diesel has run aground in the far north of Canada and is at risk of spilling its cargo into the Arctic.The vessel is stuck in the Northwest Passage but is not leaking, Larry Trigatti, the Canadian Coast Guard's superintendent of environmental response for the area, said.

There are no reports of damage and the ship is not taking on water, he said.

The tanker was resupplying northern Inuit communities.

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