THE YEAR IN PHOTOS HUFFINGTON 12.31.12
ENVIRONMENT
AP PHOTO/CAPT.
KRISTJAN B. LAXFOSS
PHOTO OR ILLUSTRATION
CREDIT TK
SHELL’S NOBLE
DISCOVERER
The Shell drilling ship
that was set to drill
exploratory oil wells in
the Arctic waters lost
its mooring and drifted
within 500 feet of
Unalaska Island,
Alaska, in July before
the crew managed
to move it farther
offshore and anchor it.
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