Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Leave no corner of the earth unspoiled,
Pity the poor northern rockhopper penguins. Even living on the God forsaken Tristan da Cunha islands, one of which is called Inaccessable Island, is not far enough away from humanity to escape the shit we can dump into the oceans.
Thousands of endangered penguins have been coated with oil after a cargo ship ran aground and broke up on a remote British South Atlantic territory, officials and conservationists said Tuesday.A group of islands in the middle of No Fucking Where are despoiled by a ship that isn't even going there.
The shipwreck also threatens the lobster fishery that provides a livelihood to one of the world's most isolated communities.
The Malta-registered MS Olivia was grounded on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha chain last week. The ship had been traveling from Brazil to Singapore and contained 1,500 tonnes (1,650 tons) of crude oil and a cargo of 60,000 tonnes (66,000 tons) of soya beans.
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