Shell Arctic Drill Ship

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In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows two life rafts sit on the beach adjacent as the conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Kulluk grounded after many efforts by tug vessel crews and Coast Guard crews to move the vessel to safe harbor during a winter storm.Calls for federal scrutiny of Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling operations in Arctic waters swelled Thursday with a request for a formal investigation by members of Congress. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Painter)

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Chicago Weather People skate on an ice rink in Chicago, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Snow and cold have been lacking in Chicago recently and one of the city's winterless weather streaks has now tied an all-time record. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
India Kashmir Ne... Kashmiri people and tourists watch the last sunset of the year 2012, at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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China Factory Bl... Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the Hangzhou Yusei Machinery Co.,Ltd in Xiaoshan District in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province January 1, 2013. Three firemen died while trying to extinguish a factory blaze which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, fire authorities said, Xinhua News Agency reported. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Sierra Snow Pack... Bodhi Jones, 8, shouts with excitment as he and his father, Erik, ride a sled down a snow covered hill near Echo Summit Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The California Department of Water Resources held its first snow survey of the season showing the snow pack to be be 48.6 inches deep with a water content of 12.1 inches, which is 101 percent of normal for this site at this time of year.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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