The 'rona-HOAX puff piece being used as an excuse is total BS.

The Healy suffered a severe casualty to one of its main propulsion motors last summer and had to limp back to Seattle.

This is the solicitation for evaluating the damage to the propulsion motor.
[link to govtribe.com (secure)]


Details of their casualty.
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Healy is currently in the Mare Island shipyard undergoing preps for the propulsion motor replacement.
[link to www.vesselfinder.com (secure)]


So . . . . Is McMurdo station even going to be resupplied this year??

Maybe those pesky Russians will send one of their conventionally-powered breakers down there.

Remember when they resupplied Nome, AK several years ago?
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