Tanker runs aground in Arctic
A fuel tanker carrying nearly 60,000 barrels of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said the Canadian Coast Guard confirmed the ship Nanny ran aground Wednesday in Simpson Strait, about 50 kilometers southwest of Gjoa Haven, a hamlet on King William Island in western Nunavut. Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada, separating from Northwest Territories in 1999.
The CBC said the Coast Guard reported the double-hulled ship wasn’t damaged on impact and was not leaking oil.
Tanker runs aground in Arctic
