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Diesel successfully removed from stranded trawler; first-ever operation under harsh conditions goes faster than expected
Workers fearing they were in for a long and difficult ordeal have removed 322,000 liters of diesel from a trawler that was stranded in the northernmost part of Svalbard in what officials call an unprecedented operation in harsh weather and total darkness on a jagged icy island coastline.
‘A danger the boat will go down if it is pulled off the ground’: Removing trawler from north Svalbard will be long and difficult
Removing a damaged fishing vessel stuck on an icy shore in north Svalbard will not be easy or quick – and the boat’s owner may have to shoulder most of the effort and cost due to limited government capabilities – but there appears to be no immediate environmental danger due to the slow progress, according to officials.
