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Nuclear Ninety North
Eclipse of the Midnight Sun
August 1st, 2008 |
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Fishing Fleet Encounter
2008-07-21 23:32 UTC |
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75°50.65'N 41°13.82'E |
Around midnight ship's time, as we approached 76° North, we
encountered a fishing fleet composed of Norwegian and
Russian ships harvesting krill.
2008-07-21 23:35 UTC |
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75°51.67'N 41°15.32'E |
You can see that this Norwegian ship is towing its trawl
net from the stern.
2008-07-22 00:10 UTC |
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75°54.27'N 41°11.80'E |
We made a close rendezvous with the Murmansk-based
Ostrov Valaam whose net attracted the attention
of numerous seabirds.
2008-07-21 23:45 UTC |
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75°53.54'N 41°14.31'E |
Packages were passed between the ships by sealing them in
watertight bags attached to floats, and retrieved by grapnel.
The Ostrov Valaam sent us some Franz Josef Land
shrimp which were served at a barbecue a few days later.
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