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Mit einem kräftig straffen Ruck des Krankabels hob der Förderkorb vom Deck der Polar Star ab, stieg schwankend in die Lüfte und schwebte einen Moment lang ruhig über dem Schiff, wie ein übergroßer Vogelkäfig, dem Flügel gewachsen waren.
The transport cage had a chain for a gate and a tyre on the base to cushion its landings, but it lifted off the deck of the Polar Star with a satisfying taut jerk of the crane cable, swaying as it rose, and for a moment, in midflight, felt like an oversized birdcage that had taken wing.
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