MSNBC: A team of six salvage experts boarded, on Wednesday, an oil drilling rig that went aground off an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Alaska.
The team was lowered to the Kulluk by a Coast Guard helicopter to conduct a structural assessment of the rig. The experts were on board the rig for about three hours.
Earlier efforts to board the rig were put on hold due to severe weather conditions over the past several days. Conditions were calmer on Wednesday.
The Kulluk broke loose of its tether...