A Canadian fishing vessel with 30 individuals aboard is anticipated to reach in Nuuk, Greenland in secure situation late Tuesday evening following a fancy effort to avoid wasting the ship from sinking within the Dover Strait.

The 80-meter trawler Saputi started taking up water after it bumped into ice Sunday evening whereas roughly 280 nautical from Iqaluit in Canada’s northernmost territory of Nunavut.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Halifax coordinated the rescue, sending a Canadian Coast Guard C130 Hercules plane from Nova Scotia and the CCGS Louis St. Laurent icebreaker to help. 

The C130 Hercules arrived on scene Monday and was capable of drop 4 pumps to the vessel, which crews then used to battle the water ingress. 

The Danish warship, HMCD Knud Rasmussen, reached the scene on Monday and was additionally capable of place two technicians onboard with 3 electrical pumps and a further fuel pump. 

By Monday evening, the Saputi had crossed into JRCC Greenland‘s area of responsibility en route to Nuuk and under escort by the Knud Rasmussen. The vessel’s are anticipated to reach round midnight on Tuesday, barely not on time resulting from heavy climate however protected. 

“Everybody’s fine, everybody’s safe, just a matter of being patient, making it all the way to Nuuk, and once they arrive in Greenland, an arrangement will be made to send them home,” stated Harry Flaherty, president and CEO of the Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation, proprietor of the Saputi.

Here’s a video of the airdrop:

Wow. These of us are good.
Full video of yesterday’s @JTFAtlantic rescue:https://t.co/hls4FgAVe0 pic.twitter.com/PXGDxWfTGK

— Brett Ruskin (@Brett_CBC) February 23, 2016