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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 02:58 pm | 1st Post |
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Dec. 29) - 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 MS Fram hit the ice late Friday near Browns Bluff in the Antarctic, said Ragnar Norum, a spokesman for the Hurtigruten cruise line company in Norway. The engine started again and the liner continued to King George Island for an inspection.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cruise-ship-hits-glacier-in-antarctic/20071229145709990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 03:03 pm | 2nd Post |
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| When I read the title of this thread I thought....OH NO NOT THE DREAM AGAIN!!!!
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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 03:37 pm | 3rd Post |
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When I realized this wasn't an old report, I wondered about that myself!
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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 04:52 pm | 4th Post |
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YIKES!!!!!!
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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 06:49 pm | 5th Post |
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| I saw it and thought maybe it was a repost from the one that sank around a month ago. I'm thinking of crossing Antartica OFF my list of places that I want to visit....
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Posted: Sun Dec 30th, 2007 06:51 pm | 6th Post |
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| Sounds like when the engine was shut down, the ship just kind of drifted into the glacier. Only damage was the smashed lifeboat and a damaged railing, supposedly. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
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