Alaska winter will challenge Shell ship salvage

Published January 5, 2013 5:00am ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Responders on Saturday prepared to hook a main tow line to an oil-drilling ship grounded on rocks near a remote Alaska island.

Officials overseeing the response to the grounding of Royal Dutch Shell’s Kulluk barge said they could use the line to “test capabilities” as they prepare to recover the ship.

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