About 100 sealers boats have been locked up in ice flow jams in the Atlantic ocean. It could take up to a week to free the boats, while the sailors deal with food and fuel shortages. Many captains don't want to leave their vessels, even though they could be rescued. The heaving and moving ice has the potential to lift the boats out of the water, and even crush them. Icebreakers that were sent in to help free the boats have become trapped themselves. I could see this happening to maybe one or a few boats, but in this day and age with all the technology and reporting we have, it's amazing so many were affected.
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