Nick Sloane
Nicholas "Nick" Sloane (born July 5, 1961 in Kitwe , Zambia ) is an expert on ship salvage .
Life
Sloane became known for leading the righting operation on the wreck of the Costa Concordia in September 2013. The year before, it had collided with a rock and was aground for 20 months. This was preceded by 16 months of preparatory work.
In 2015 Sloane received the German Ocean Prize .
June 2019 it was reported that he was planning to haul an iceberg with a mass of more than 100,000 tons using ocean currents from Antarctica to the west coast of South Africa in order to extract drinking water from it.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nick Sloane - Der Held , NZZ Online, September 17, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2013
- ↑ Now I just want to have a beer and go to sleep , Tagesanzeiger Online, September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013
- ^ Rescue of the "Costa Concordia" - Only the first step of a long journey ( Memento from September 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) tagesschau.de
- ↑ Water crisis: Iceberg is to be brought to Cape Town orf.at, June 6, 2019, accessed June 7, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sloane, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sloane, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African expert in ship salvage |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitwe , Zambia |