Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
At the time the weather in the Drake Passage was at its worst with 30-foot waves battering the ship.
Antarctic cruise ship lost engine. A US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port. The Argentine Navy said the Clelia II declared an emergency on Tuesday reporting it had lost an engine amid heavy seas and 55 miles per hour 90 km per hour winds. A Norwegian cruise ship carrying some 300 people lost engine power during an electrical outage and struck an Antarctic glacier smashing a lifeboat but causing no injuries officials said Saturday.
An Antarctic cruise ship operated by Polar Cruises out of Bend Oregon lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port the Argentine Navy said. An Argentine Navy vessel is escorting the Clelia II. Passengers are always warned that Antarctic cruises can be rough but when the Clelia II lost an engine she was truly at the mercy of the.
The crew restarted the engine and the vessel continued on its route. An American cruise ship is making her way back to port after suffering engine damage in heavy seas in the Antarctic. A cruise ship carrying 160 people on a return trip from Antarctica lost power in one of its engines Tuesday in rough weather the Argentine navy saidCrews were later able to.
From Russia Today. Watch this report just happened a few hours ago. A US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port.
During that period the ship was captained by Gullik Jensen. Antarctic was a barque with three masts and equipped with a steam engine built in 1871 at Holmen in Drammen in Norway under the name Cap Nor. The impact resulted in the shutdown of the starboard engine and the loss of electrical power aboard ship.
The port engine which remained. The ten day cruise to Antarctica costs in the range of 8. Antarctic Cruise ship on way to Argentina with 88 Americans on board looses engine and communication watch the video.
