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fire, and a rescue-vessel spray water on; and on the other hand, to rescue the crew members from the
sea, which was done by surface divers who were dropped onto the water from a helicopter. The
mission was accomplished, the fire went down and the crew members were rescued. I am not an
expert on the field – though I followed another rescue exercise last August (2014) at the
Priratzlomnaya Oil Rig in the Pechora Sea - but I was impressed by how efficiently all parties acted
and fulfilled their tasks (of course so often in a real situation the sun is not shining and the conditions
can be very harsh).
The international conference (with a long official name) was divided into three sessions based on a
theme, “Personal preparation and training for the Arctic development and gl