Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINAA 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 Wednesday.
Antarctic cruise ship lost engine. The ship has 100 passengers and 60 crew members aboard. A cruise ship carrying 165 people back to Argentina after an Antarctic expedition lost power to one of its engines midday Tuesday in rough seas. The Costa Allegra found itself adrift off the coast of South East Africa in February after an engine room fire.
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. 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. Initially Antarctic was used for seal hunting around Svalbard Jan Mayen and Greenland.
Apparently the Clelia II was on the return trip form the Antarctic Peninsula to Ushuaia Argentina when it lost one of its engines which also impacted power and communications on board the vessel. A spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise linesays the ship had engine problems and lost power shortly before the accident on Friday. 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 impact resulted in the shutdown of the starboard engine and the loss of electrical power aboard ship. At the time the weather in the Drake Passage was at its worst with 30-foot waves battering the ship.
Officials say 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. The Argentine Navy says the Clelia II is heading for the port of Ushuia at the extreme south of the country at 4 knots about 5 mph. The port engine which remained.
Officials say an Antarctic cruise ship with 160 passengers aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port. 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. The cruise ship was filmed whilst in the Antarctic as it struggled back to its port The US ship had 160 people onboard when it lost one of its engines.
