Argentine Icebreaker Irizar salvaged and back in harbour

Recently I reported on the fire aboard the Almirante Irizar. Some of my colleagues had their scientific cargo on the vessel, but fortunately they were not onboard at the time of the desaster. The fire has now been put out and the vessel has been brought into port by the Argentine navy.

From Wikipedia:

"On April 10, 2007, 22.00 Argentine time the icebreaker run an alarm by fire in the secondary electricity generators. By 23.30 the captain had ordered the evacuation. Argentine Navy and Argentine Coast Guard aircraft operated to keep track of the 24 lifeboats. The 296 persons inside the icebreaker (that includes civilians of the antarctic bases) were helped by the nearest ships: a Panamanian tanker and by a Uruguayan and Argentine fishing vessels.
The icebreaker was returning from its annual Antarctic summer campaign, and the incident took place 140 miles east from Puerto Madryn.

The fire caused the loss of the two stationed H-3 Sea King helicopters located into its hangar.
The crew arrived safely to Puerto Madryn on April 12. There were no casualties.

Irizar 's Captain Guillermo Nelson Tarapow had stood alone almost 24 hours after seeing his crew safely abandon ship. Starting April 11, destroyer ARA Almirante Brown, corvettes ARA Granville and ARA Robinson, Auxiliary Ships ARA Gurruchaga and ARA Suboficial Castillo and Coast Guard PNA Thompson surrounded the Icebreaker and began rescue operations. Buzos Tacticos (Argent. special forces, combat divers) and members of the Rescue Team (Servicio de Salvamento) of the Argentine Navy board the ship and extinguished the fire. On April 15, preparations to tow the ship to Puerto Belgrano naval base began. Irizar finally arrived to Puerto Belgrano on April 20. "