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...ensuing chaos, the ship's carpenter and a deckhand were seen floating face down in the water, both presumably dead. Captain Armin Elsaesser III frantically called out for a head count. Then he abruptly swam away, apparently in an attempt to find a missing crew member. He was not seen again...
...with cargoes worth an estimated $150 million. Each boat carries a skeleton crew that is responsible for upkeep and for starting the engines once a day to prevent ice buildups on the propeller and the hull. "We're just baby sitting a boat," says Leo Hallinan, 40, a deckhand aboard the Ann Blessey. "If the TV ever went out, they'd have to carry us off in ambulances and straitjackets...
...glassy-eyed boatmen are more drowsy than cold. The crew of the Cooperative Vanguard hand-lettered a sign that sums up " their plight: WELCOME - BOREDOM CITY - POP. 16. Says Doug ("Pee-wee") Flannery, 24, a deckhand on the White Knight: "You just watch the second hand go around." To keep busy, the crew of the Hawkeye has adopted four mallard hens; the men aboard the Ann Blessey cast for carp using hot dogs and cheddar cheese. One deckhand reportedly persuaded the pilot of the White Knight to steer a ragged course around the ice floes in pursuit of real...
...Blessey. To pass the frozen hours. Wills and his two-man crew enjoy a friendly game of poker, with a nickel limit on raises. Over on the White Dawn, gambling is not allowed. Nevertheless, the crew has worn out three decks of cards playing no-stakes spades. Deckhand Tommy Kelly, 36, from rural Sugar Tree, Tenn., feels safer that way. Says he: "If I ever lost $200, my ole lady would be waiting at the door with a shotgun...
...from his home in Staten Island, N.Y., on a fishing trip. At a dock in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., they bought bait and rented a weathered 15-foot rowboat with a small outboard engine. "I hope none of us falls overboard," one of the men laughingly told a deckhand as they headed out to sea. "None of us can swim...