Antarctic Cruise Ship Lost Engine
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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. Dramatic video of Antarctic Cruise ship in rough seas after losing engine Read More 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. 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 US-operated Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people aboard has lost an engine in high seas but is limping safely to its scheduled port. 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. 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 crew restarted the engine and the vessel continued on its route. Initially Antarctic was used for seal hunting around Svalbard Jan Mayen and Greenland. The Azamara Quest lost power in an engine room fire last month as it sailed from the Philippines.
Then the electricity cut out and we lost the engine Flood said. 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. 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.
During that period the ship was captained by Gullik Jensen. From Russia Today. Watch this report just happened a few hours ago.
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. Celia II was refurbished into a luxury cruise in 2009 for its Antarctica and Arctic tours and has 50 suites all looking out to the sea. 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.
