Hibernia Oil Drilling RIg in Grand Banks Newfoundland

The Hibernia draws workers to an oil field in the North Atlantic Ocean southeast of St John's Newfoundland, Canada. Men take safety training to work on the oil rig which sits in one of the more dangerougs places in the world--iceberg alley. It is an extremely inhospitable environment consisting of rogue waves, fog, icebergs and sea ice, hurricanes, and nor'easter winter storms.

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Created 1 May 2009 | Last updated 4 Dec 2011

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