Sealers stranded in ice for more than a week

More than 300 sealers [seal hunters] have been stranded in ice in the North Atlantic Ocean for more than a week.

The hunters' ships are stuck in a solid ice pack 140 miles long and 70 miles wide. Two huge storms trapped more than 100 vessels just as they were setting out for Canada's annual seal hunt.



"Many of the vessels have run out of provisions, fresh water, fuel in some cases," Canadian Coast Guard Capt. Windross Banton told "Good Morning America" from his ship as he engaged in the rescue effort.

Animal rights activists might take solace in the fact that because so many ships have been stranded, the seal hunters will most likely not meet their quota. An estimated 60,000 seals have been spared because of the stranded ships.

As one article bluntly put it. “Stranded sealers contend with battered boats, food and fuel shortages.”

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