50 years since the "Lance II" disaster.

Miraculously, two men survive. Eleven others perish in the icy, raging sea.

Written by Johannes Bjarne Alme

At 05:12 on the morning of Monday, February 11, 1974, skipper Oddvar Simonsen on the "Lance II" calls Vardø Radio and says that they have run aground on the way from Vadsø to Båtsfjord, near Makkaur. He asks for nearby vessels to come to the rescue.