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Last night the ship started to roll making it hard to sleep.
The MPV Everest is designed to hold position in one place, whilst divers work up to 300m below, not moving an inch. It does this very well and is one of the top 5 hyperbaric ships around.
At around 1100 this morning the fire alarms and muster signal were sounded, as a fire had broken out in the port engine room. Both crew and expeditioners worked together to put out the fire, which they achieved famously. All personnel onboard are safe and no injuries were sustained.
Fortunately, and in part because the ship was designed and built to Polar Code standards and for deep sea hyperbaric diving work, it has many more redundancies than your usual ice class ship, including two completely separate engine rooms. These redundancies mean that not only was the fire able to be fully compartmentalised in one location, greatly assisting in containing and extinguishing the blaze, but also means that the ship is able to maintain all mechanical and electrical services needed for its operation.
We are now making good speed for Australia, running on the engines in the starboard engine room.
Cheers
Andy, Jenn and Lauren
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