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February 29, 2012
The passenger
Sailors from ice patrol ship HMS Protector tackled a deadly fire which raged through a Brazilian Antarctic research base.
Sailors from a Royal Navy ship fought for hours to tackle a fire which claimed the lives of two Brazilians in Antarctica. Twenty-three sailors from the ice patrol ship HMS Protector went with fire-fighting equipment to the Ferraz research station. They responded to an urgent call for help after the base caught fire on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Which was more than I would have done for the ungrateful sods what with Brazilian ports closed to ships flying Falklands colours. Built on the site of the old British "Base G", Comandante Ferraz Base is named after Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, a hydrographer and oceanographer who visited Antarctica twice on board British vessels. So, a bit like commanding the Canadian space program then.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 29, 2012 06:47 AM