Published: January 2nd, 2013 at 11:57 am ET
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Follow-up to: Shell oil rig filled with fuel runs aground in Alaska -- Worst development yet in crisis -- "So it just happened, it’s dark, no one has seen it"
Reuters: Drifting Shell drilling rig grounds on rocks off Alaska
[...] The rig had been headed to Puget Sound for maintenance and upgrades when it broke away from one of its tow lines on Monday afternoon and was driven to rocks just off Kodiak Island that night. [...]
U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, January 1, 2013
More footage from Coast Guard here
Published: January 2nd, 2013 at 11:57 am ET
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I don't know when they-USCG- took this picture but Alaska this time of year is pitch black. No sun. I know because I worked on the North Slope.
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Hey Jackassrig – The incident happened off the coast of Kodiak Island which is at the southernmost part of Alaska. They get about 5 and 1/2 hours of daylight a day there right now. However in Barrow Alaska the northern most part where you are talking about, they get zero hours of daylight a day this month. The video is legit.
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Kodiak is not to far from Anchorage. This time of year no sun. USCG BS.
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Here jackassrig is a chart for you
http://www.absak.com/library/average-annual-insolation-alaska
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