Antarctic Expedition Disrupted After Ship Catches Fire
Image: Wayde Maurer/Australian Antarctic Division
None of the 109 expeditioners and crew onboard the MPV Everest were hurt when a fire broke out in an engine room, but the beleaguered Antarctic resupply vessel still has 2,000 miles to go in its long journey back home to Australia.
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The port-side engine room of the MPV
Everest an ice class multipurpose construction vessel caught fire during the afternoon of Monday, April 5, according to the Australian Antarctic Division. The ship, having dropped off a year’s worth of supplies to two Antarctic research stations, was less than a week into its journey to Hobart, Australia when the incident happened.
Engine room fire on MPV Everest extinguished 5 April 2021
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