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Announcements - Escaping drill rigs in frozen seas
June 19, 2009 — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
When fires or other crises strike offshore petroleum-drilling platforms, escape, evacuation and rescue (EER) plans centre on rescue helicopters, ships or enclosed lifeboats that are dropped into the water from an ample height. But in Canada's Beaufort Sea, Arctic weather can ground helicopters and the ocean surface can freeze solid for months at a time.
