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 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A whaling ship disabled by fire in Antarctic waters near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground poses no environmental threat, Japanese officials said Friday, despite calls for swift action to avert catastrophe.
New Zealand officials and environmentalists expressed concern that the 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru — left without engine power after a fire broke out aboard — could threaten the penguin rookery at Cape Adare, about 100 miles away.
It is unclear if the fire has been extinguished; officials said Friday that the area where the fire broke out was filled with smoke and couldn't be examined.
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