All four researchers were eventually rescued but bad weather delayed the process by two days.

Our evacuation was epic.

When it got close, each of us … threw ourselves into the arms of three Chilean crew members.

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Fortunately all went safely.

Mar Sem Fim,however, couldnt be rescued.

The buoys were continuously inflated, slowly raising the vessel that had been underwater for almost a year.

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Mar Sem Fim in her better days.

The Sinking

The Rescue

viaSometimes Interesting

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