M/V Artic Sea - Henning?

[Skip Miller]

Henning, are you hearing any scuttlebutt about the Arctic Sea, the Finnish cargo vessel with a Russian crew that went missing with a load of lumber? Now it is found again and being escorted by the Russian Navy... but the stories in the media are not yet coherent.

-Skip

 

[Henning]

Henning, are you hearing any scuttlebutt about the Arctic Sea, the Finnish cargo vessel with a Russian crew that went missing with a load of lumber? Now it is found again and being escorted by the Russian Navy... but the stories in the media are not yet coherent.

-Skip

No, this is the first I've heard of it.

 

[Stevel]

No, this is the first I've heard of it.

That's his story and he's sticking to it.
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[SCCutler]

All I know is, the ship arrived twenty-three tons light, and Henning's covered with sawdust.

I'm not sayin'....

 

[Skip Miller]

No, this is the first I've heard of it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/world/europe/18ship.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=arctic sea&st=cse

 

[Henning]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/world/europe/18ship.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=arctic sea&st=cse

Sounds like they were growing a crop of weed in the rudder room and it finally budded for harvest. They dried it in the fiddly, sparked up and said "f- this, lets go anchor off Cape Verde and catch the southern ocean swell and do some surfing. The weather's always good, no more Russian winter! We can just sell off the lumber to people and live the good life forever!"

 

[Skip Miller]

Update.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/europe/19ship.html?scp=4&sq=arctic sea&st=cse

It sounds to me like some valuable cargo was offloaded in the Baltic and the rest of the trip is just a diversion. But that is purely a guess.....

-Skip