Extra pumps headed to stricken Russian boat

From Yahoo! 7 News: More water pumps will be rushed to the crew of a stricken Russian fishing boat stranded in Antarctica as they battle to stay afloat while waiting for rescue ships to arrive, officials said Tuesday. The nearest vessels are still several days away and are being hampered from reaching the Russian-flagged Sparta because of thick ice in the frozen Southern Ocean.

The crew have attached mooring lines to the ice to give the ship greater stability and are managing to pump out water at the speed it is coming in, but New Zealand rescue officials said they need more pumps and fuel.

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Extra pumps headed to stricken Russian boat

Photo credit: The Sparta is trapped in waters in the Ross Sea, close to the Antarctic ice shelf. (Reuters/United States Air Force)


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Former Ojaian Installing Senegal Water Pumps

From Ojai Valley News Blog: An Ojai native son seeking a way to do something positive in the world decided to join the Peace Corps and is currently in Senegal, Africa helping to bring clean water to villagers there.

For the whole story about Garrison Harward’s quest to install 52 water pumps in 52 weeks, you can visit his Internet blog 52pumps52weeks.wordpress.com/ or for the synopsis: read on.

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Former Ojaian Installing Senegal Water Pumps

Photo credit: 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks | A collaboration between Peace Corps Senegal and Water Charity

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US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor

From Yahoo! News: The US military said Wednesday it had delivered high-pressure water pumps to Japan to help cool a stricken nuclear power plant as part of the US aid effort amid Japan's worst crisis since World War II.

"High-pressure water pumps were offloaded from USNS Safeguard in Yokosuka last night and delivered to Yokota Air Force Base for further transfer to the government of Japan for employment at the Fukushima power plant," the US Pacific Fleet said in a statement.

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US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor

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