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Thanks to the skeptic, we have irony at its finest:

A small cruise ship catering to eco-tourists was seriously damaged after running aground in the Aleutian Islands.

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Roddy Corr said about 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the ruptured tank, as was some waste water. He said swift currents dispersed the spilled fluid before it could be cleaned up.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the ship was going about 5 knots when it hit uncharted rocks between two islands, said Doug Bolnick, a spokesman for Clipper Cruise Line, the St. Louis company that operates the tour.

So it's the environmentalists that are killing the environment. Fascinating.

Posted by Jake on 08/04/04 @ 09:26 AM
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Gordie said on 08/04/04 @ 07:08 PM:
Hopefully they had a spill plan (though it looks like with the currents, the plan was moot). It was only a couple weeks ago that a Greenpeace vessel was held up upon docking at its first Alaskan port for not having a spill plan.

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