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Rogue wave kills tourist on Antarctic cruise
Viking Polaris ship of norwegian flag, is seen anchored in waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, on December 1, 2022. AFP pic
Friday, 02 Dec 2022 7:36 AM MYT
USHUAIA (Argentina), Dec 2 One person died and four were injured when a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm as it sailed off the southernmost tip of South America, the company said Thursday.
The Viking Polaris cruise ship was sailing Wednesday towards Ushuaia in Argentina the main starting point for expeditions to Antarctica when there was a rogue wave incident, a representative of the Viking cruise company said in a statement.
It is with great sadness that we confirmed a guest passed away following the incident. We have notified the guests family and shared our deepest sympathies, said the statement.
Four other tourists sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were treated onboard. The ship suffered minor damage and was anchored off Ushuaia, 3,200 kilometers (nearly 2,000 miles) from the capital Buenos Aires, with several windows smashed on the side, AFP journalists reported.
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'Rogue wave' kills tourist on Antarctic cruise (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Dec 2022
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Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Wow! My mom and stepdad did that cruise in 2019. Crazy shit! (nt)
yonder
(9,653 posts)2. Sailing around the Horn. Dangerous way back when, dangerous still.
MuseRider
(34,095 posts)3. I have a friend who was on that boat when it happened.
It was in our local paper but I saw it on her facebook page. She and her husband, both good Dems. Her husband is the Shawnee County Treasurer and she is a Kansas State Board of Education member and a former member of the Kansas House. Both wonderful people hoping they can still make it to Patagonia.