The Storm
Now, back to the storyline of the Bluff Ventures expedition.
An Atlantic storm, which has quickly formed off the coast of the Eastern United States, is heading northwest towards Greenland, and towards the expedition:
The equipment aboard the ship can detect an incoming storm, but they cannot outrun it. They have to try to endure it and come out in one piece:
Enduring 140 kph winds and waves tens of feet high, the men secure themselves:
After the ship was almost broke apart, the last major rain band passes through, and the men come out, and gaze at the departing storm:
Using GPS systems, the crew found they were blown 180 kilometers off course. They correct their course, and engage engines. Then something happens.
All the engines, which were damaged by the storm, explode, breaking the weakened ship apart. One of the Virgin Oil people calls for the crew to abandon ship.
They lower life rafts, and abandon the vessel:
Some take their radios and GPS systems with them, which will prove invaluable.
The men look on as their ship sinks into the deep waters of the North Atlantic:
More than 20 people in 5 life boats, with only a radio and GPS unit, are adrift in the North Atlantic, in the shadow of a vicious storm, more than 100 kilometers from Bluff Island...
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