McMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA
Tonight my thoughts are of the 37 men rescued from a South Korean fishing vessel that caught fire in the southern ocean off the coast of Cape Hallet. Three of their cohorts are missing, presumed dead. The 37 survivors have been transferred from the rescuing fishing vessel to the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the U.S. Research Vessel working in the area, and will make their way to McMurdo via helicopter where they will receive further medical treatment, and then will be evacuated to New Zealand. It will be a long way home from here, and I feel the tug on my heartstrings as I imagine them huddled on the hull of their burning ship in their pajamas and sandals.
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