In March 2008, my friend Rosel was working as a deck hand on the 189-foot fish processing ship Alaska Ranger (See PM #114) in the frigid waters ofrnthe Bering Sea. After leaving DutchrnHar-bor, the year- old shiprnfought its way through the ice on its way north. At about 0300 seawater began flooding into the rudder room, adjacent to the main engine room. In pitch darkness and 25-knot winds, the watertight doors needed to stop the flooding failed.
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