Credit River - Aqua Marine Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/22/2014
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Aqua Marine
 January 26, 2014



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Aqua Marine
The boat "Aqua Marine" was carrying 45 tourists from India from Ross Islands to North Bay when it sank and at least 21 people lost their lives. The capacity of the boat was 25 and over loading of the boat resulted in the tragedy. The boat sank at a distance of about 25 k.m from the short of Port Blair and majority of the tourists were from Tamil Nadu. The administration of the Island group was busy with Republic Day of India and learnt the news at 4.30 p.m. on 26 January 2014. More than 29 people were rescued by district administration while one was still missing. Rescued were admitted to G B Pant hospital. The boat had no life jackets and there were no divers on board.

Reports say that two months before this Accident, a tourist wrote a letter to the union tourism ministry about the lack of safety standards in Andaman islands’ tourism circuit

Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration announced a 100,000 Indian Rupee ex-gratia payment to the family of the deceased tourists. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa expressed their grief over the accident, while Jayalalithaa also announced a compensation of 100,000 Indian Rupees each to the families of dead. Owner of the boat and two others were detained by the law enforcing agencies for enquiry.

Currently all the boat operations (Except the 3-4 main ferries between Havelock and Portblair) are stopped in entire Andaman and Nicobar island. As a result tourist activities have been badly hit across the islands. Popular tourist places like Ross island, Baratang limestone caves, Scuba diving by motor boats are suspended till further notice. The administration is currently verifying every means of water transport and safety audit is underway. As per local sources it may take another month or so for the complete resumption of services. Till then the tourists are advised to check and revisit their earlier planned itineraries for changes if any.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oveq srrqre unatvat ba n oenapu nccebk 8' bire zhful tebhaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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