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“Towards Antarctica“ as in there is nothing else that direction and its really just “towed out to sea”? or is it actually near Antarctica and how close
by vmception 6y ago
“Towards Antarctica“ as in there is nothing else that direction and its really just “towed out to sea”?
or is it actually near Antarctica and how close
- chmod775 6y agoHere is where the spill occurred on an interactive map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wakashio_oil_spill#/map/0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wakashio_oil_spill#/map/0
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- netsharc 6y agoHuh, the coordinates the article gives is about 15km away from Mauritius: https://www.google.com/maps/place/20°29'56.4"S+57°51'46.8"E/@-20.4771438,57.6623674,11.72z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-20.499!4d57.863 https://www.google.com/maps/place/20°29'56.4"S+57°51'46.8"E/... So it's like saying a car in LA being towed a block north-westerly is being towed towards New York. The article also seems to get judgemental/whiny that I wonder if it's an opinion piece, a blog post, or a terribly non-journalistic article.
- aaron695 6y ago"In this set of satellite imagery, the wreck could clearly be seen 16 kilometers Southeast of Pointe D’Esny, Mauritius." So like 7000km to go? https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+Southeast+of+Pointe+D%E2%80%99Esny%2C+Mauritius+to+Antarctica https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+from+Southeas...
- doonesbury 6y agoYou'd be right but the closest 7-11 for snack top off is taking them off the optimal route. Yah it's not looking good either way. Ops comment was hilarious!!