Just passing by

Passengers on the Coupeville ferry got a chance to catch a glimpse of the Polar Pioneer, the controversial 400-foot-long offshore oil drilling rig owned by Royal Dutch Shell that passed through Admiralty Inlet near Port Townsend Thursday.

Passengers on the Coupeville ferry got a chance to catch a glimpse of the Polar Pioneer, the controversial 400-foot-long offshore oil drilling rig owned by Royal Dutch Shell that passed through Admiralty Inlet near Port Townsend Thursday. The rig was headed from Port Angeles to Seattle to load supplies and personnel for an oil exploration trip this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast.