St. John’s biologist Holly Hogan was in the midst of a safety briefing when she and the other 161 people aboard the Akademik Ioffe felt their expedition come to a grinding halt.
“The ship hit a shelf, and it was a bit like running into a brick wall. It was unexpected,” she recalled of the moment the hull hit the seabed August 24 near Kugaruuk, Nunavut.
“The ship wasn’t moving super quickly or anything, but it was clear it wasn’t anticipated.”
When the Academik Ioffe ran aground yesterday we were in the presentation room for safety briefing. Suddenly we heard this loud grinding sound and the ship shook. The ship came to a complete stop and it fell silent, and listing to one
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