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- NOT INVOLVEDModerateAug 24, 2018Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay), NU, NUNAVUT (NU)
On 24 August 2018, the passenger vessel "AKADEMIK IOFFE" ran aground 78 nautical miles NNW of Kugaaruk, NU. The Canadian Coast Guard vessels "PIERRE RADISSON" and "AMUNDSEN" were tasked to assist and 5 aircrafts were dispatched by the Department of National Defence. On 25 August 2018 the vessel was refloated and the passengers were evacuated to the vessel "AKADEMIK SERGEY VAVILOV". Three ballast water tanks and 2 fuel oil bunker tanks were breached and took on water. Approximately 80 liters of the vessel's bunkers were released in the environment.
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