Gas causes ship to turn back
The American supply ship, Green Wave, bound for the Antarctic and the United States base at McMurdo Station, had to return to Lyttelton Harbour yesterday. Green Wave’s departure to the Antarctic had already been delayed once during the week-end because the smell of gas leaking from one of the ship’s containers had been reported. The leaking container was immediately removed and six other gas containers were returned to the dock as a precautionary measure.
As the ship was believed to be safe, the Green Wave sailed on Sat-
urday but got only as far as Dunedin before it was realised that two more containers of gas were still on board. Rather than anchor off Dunedin for the night the Green Wave returned to Lyttelton to off-load the suspect containers.
The gases in the containers — propane, butane and acetylene — are regularly used in routine work such as welding, heating, and running the thermal generators at McMurdo Station.
Mr Guy Guthridge, the New Zealand representative for the United States National Science Foundation, based in Christchurch, said McMurdo Station already had a good supply of the gases, and these containers were meant only to replenish stocks.
He said the Green Wave would be off-loaded and on her way again later today.
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