Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
From Russia Today.
Antarctic cruise ship lost engine. A spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise linesays the ship had engine problems and lost power shortly before the accident on Friday. During that period the ship was captained by Gullik Jensen. 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.
Email LauraLoo with your Lunch Break suggestions. 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. 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.
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. The port engine which remained. The crew restarted the engine and the vessel continued on its route.
Officials say an 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 on way to Argentina with 88 Americans on board looses engine and communication watch the video. 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.
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. Then the electricity cut out and we lost the engine Flood said. At the time the weather in the Drake Passage was at its worst with 30-foot waves battering the ship.
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. The Azamara Quest lost power in an engine room fire last month as it sailed from the Philippines. The captain was quoted as saying that it made this same cruise 159 times and never encountered such high waves 30ft.
