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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/06/10uGVv.St.138.jpeg|445In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the tug Aiviq travels at just under 2 mph with the mobile drilling unit Kulluk in tow 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The crews remain stationed with the drill rig Kulluk Sunday 20 miles from Alaska's Kodiak Island as they wait in rough seas for another tug boat to arrive. The Coast Guard says the goal is to tow the Kulluk to a safe harbor and determine the next step. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/06/PCjWQ.St.138.jpeg|445In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the mobile drilling unit Kulluk is towed by the tugs Aiviq and Nanuq in 29 mph winds and 20-foot seas 116 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The crews remain stationed with the drill rig Kulluk Sunday 20 miles from Alaska's Kodiak Island as they wait in rough seas for another tug boat to arrive. The Coast Guard says the goal is to tow the Kulluk to a safe harbor and determine the next step. (AP Photo/U.S Coast Guard, Chris Usher)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/06/33PPE.St.138.jpeg|445A salvage team moves an emergency towing system across the deck of petroleum drilling ship Kulluk in this photo made Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, and provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. There's no indication of a fuel leak from Kulluk, the Coast Guard said Wednesday night, Jan. 2, 2013, of a maritime accident that has refueled debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/06/r6s7h.St.138.jpeg|443A photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a salvage team wrapping up lines from an emergency towing system delivered to the deck of the petroleum drilling ship Kulluk Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, in the Gulf of Alaska. The grounding of the drill ship on a remote Alaska island has refueled the debate over oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/06/npwxm.St.138.jpeg|416Royal Dutch Shell PLC incident commander Sean Churchfield briefs reporters on the status of salvage operations for the Shell drill ship Kulluk at a press conference in the Denaíina Civic and Convention Center on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. The drill ship ran aground on Monday, Dec. 31, off Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/05/1kZ23K.St.138.jpeg|445In this photo provided by the United States Coast Guard, the tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk while a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Kodiak transports crew members on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska. The tug lost the initial tow Thursday and suffered several engine failures prompting the deployment of response assets by the Coast Guard and Royal Dutch Shell. (AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/05/1bkb2W.St.138.jpeg|407In this photo provided by the United States Coast Guard, crew members of the mobile drilling unit Kulluk arrive at Air Station Kodiak after being airlifted by a Coast Guard helicopter crew from a vessel 80 miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. A total of 18 crew members of the mobile drilling unit were airlifted to safety after they suffered issues and setbacks with the tug and tow. (AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/05/Yp8Dx.St.138.jpeg|416Shell Oil incident commander Susan Childs, second from right, answers a question about the Monday night grounding of the Shell drill ship Kulluk at a press conference on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at the Mariott Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. Looking on are Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith, standing, Coast Guard Commander Shane Montoya, state on-scene coordinator Alan Wien, and Garth Pulkkinen of Noble Corp., the operator of the Kulluk. The drifting Shell drill ship that broke loose from tow vessels during a severe Gulf of Alaska storm ran aground Monday in shallow water off Sitkalidak Island, company officials said. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/04/kEtgE.St.138.jpeg|445This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. A Coast Guard C-130 plane and a helicopter were used to fly over the grounded vessel on Tuesday morning. The severe weather did not permit putting the marine experts on board the drilling rig, which is near shore and being pounded by stormy seas. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/04/nNf5j.St.138.jpeg|445This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Incident Management Team commander, observing the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground during an overflight off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship that grounded off the island during a storm, officials said Wednesday, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Sara Francis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/04/zYF8B.St.138.jpeg|445This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship that grounded off the island during a storm, officials said Wednesday, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/04/yQ7rX.St.138.jpeg|399The Crowley Marine tugboat Alert ties up at Pier 2 at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2012 in Kodiak, Alaska. The Alert, normally based in Prince William Sound, was one of the tugs summoned to Kodiak in an effort to keep the drilling rig Kulluk from running aground. The Kulluk ran aground on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Kodiak Daily Mirror, James Brooks)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/04/1eLhyh.St.138.jpeg|445In this photo provided by the United States Coast Guard, a Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak conducts the 13th hoist of 18 crewmen from the mobile drilling unit Kulluk on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska. The tug Aiviq suffered problems towing the Kulluk Thursday prompting the Coast Guard to deploy cutters and aircraft to while Royal Dutch Shell dispatched additional tugs.(AP Photo/United States Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/03/bWqZF.St.138.jpeg|525This Tuesday. Dec. 11, 2012 photo shows the derrick and stern of the drill ship Noble Discoverer as the vessel is docked at a pier in Seward, Alaska. The Noble Discoverer and another drill ship used by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for Arctic drilling off Alaska's coast is under investigation for problems with crew safety and pollution control equipment, the Coast Guard said Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. The Noble Discoverer, owned by Noble Corp., was ordered for more than two weeks to remain in port in Seward while deficiencies were addressed. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/06/08/03/1rrgqL.St.138.jpeg|525Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler briefs reporters on the status of salvage operations for the Shell drill ship Kulluk at a press conference in the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. The drill ship ran aground on Monday, Dec. 31, off Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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