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- Norwegian cruise ship loses power after it was hit by rogue wave in North Sea
- Passengers on Antarctic cruise ship hit by deadly 'rogue wave' speak out
- Rogue wave kills navigation system on cruise ship with nearly 400 on board as deadly storm hammers northern Europe
It is currently unclear if the wave that hit the Viking Polaris qualifies as an official rogue wave because there is no accurate data on the wave height or the surrounding sea state. A storm was raging when the wave hit, CNN reported, which could have provided the necessary conditions for a rogue wave to form. The Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud temporarily lost power on Thursday after encountering the rogue wave.
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Lawrence told BI that while she probably won't head to the North Sea in the winter again, she would still cruise with HX in the future. The Viking Polaris’ next departure, the Antarctic Explorer cruise scheduled for Dec. 5-17, was canceled due to the incident. The Viking Polaris was launched in 2022 and is the newest ship in the company's fleet.
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Lawrence added that while in their muster stations, passengers were given "survival suits" — or suits that "dramatically extend survival times" with insulation, per the Coast Guard. "This wave hit it and came over and literally broke through windows and just washed into these rooms, and not only did it wash into the rooms, but it broke walls down, and once some walls went into the next room," Tom Trusdale said. The Trusdales were passengers on the Viking Polaris cruise ship last week. Such freak accidents may seem rare, but hundreds have occurred without warning around the world — on cruise ships, cargo vessels, oil platforms and beaches. Local media reported that about 200 people disembarked in Norway due to the bad weather before the accident.
Norwegian cruise ship loses power after it was hit by rogue wave in North Sea
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This is the terrifying moment a UK-bound cruise ship was smashed by a wave strong enough to knock its power out and send passengers sliding around. The video shows the rogue wave ahead of the Otto Sverdrup off the coast of Germany on Friday. The ship is over 450 feet long, 70 feet wide, almost 16,000 tons, and has eight decks, and still, the freak wave dwarfed the ship. On Dec. 2, a passenger onboard another cruise ship in the Drake Passage shared a video of another massive, but less destructive, wave on Twitter. “Earlier this afternoon, December 21, MS Maud reported a temporary loss of power after encountering a rogue wave,” Hurtigruten said in an emailed statement. Viking Cruises did not say how the passenger was killed or provide the passenger’s name.
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Rogue waves, or extreme storm waves, are uncommon, unpredictable and "greater than twice the size of surrounding waves," according to the National Ocean Service. "We are investigating the facts surrounding this incident and will offer our support to the relevant authorities," Viking said in a statement Thursday. The Trusdales were passengers on the Viking Polaris cruise ship sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, when it was hit by a "rogue wave" last week, killing an American passenger, Sheri Zhu, and injuring four others.
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One passenger posted a video on Facebook showing the view from her room's window Thursday with the cruise ship bobbing up and down and creaking in the throes of high waves. The Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said in a statement to NBC News the ship's crew is navigating the vessel manually via emergency systems, and that two civilian support ships are helping to navigate the waters in the North Sea. The vessel carrying 266 passengers and 131 crew suffered shattered windows on its bridge when it encountered a powerful storm in the North Sea late Thursday, Danish authorities said. "The situation started with the ship's horn sounding for an extremely long time, then the PA system came on, and we just heard scuffling and general moving around noises," Lawrence said.
The polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote in his book of a "gigantic" freak wave he encountered in Antarctica in 1916. "We wondered if we hit an iceberg," Suzie Gooding, a passenger from North Carolina, told WRAL-TV. "We are offering all appropriate consular assistance," the spokesperson said. "Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment." State Department spokesperson confirmed the death and offered condolences to the family.
Neither the Viking statement nor the Argentine Naval Prefecture identified the woman or her hometown. Ushuaia, at the southernmost tip of South America, is a common starting point for cruises to Antarctica. The Viking Polaris ship's next departure for the Antarctic, scheduled for Dec. 5, has been canceled "after careful consideration," the cruise line said. "Luckily, our windows did hold," she added, though said other rooms on their side of the ship were "washed out."
The ship’s main engine is still functioning, so the vessel can be steered from the engine room. Another clip shared on X showed the view of the terrifying swells from the glamorous windows of an on-board suit, which tilted precariously toward the water between each wave. A State Department official said that a U.S. citizen died and that the department was offering consular assistance to the person’s family.
A rogue wave terrified cruise ship passengers on the North Sea on Thursday as it towered over and tossed the ship, Tour Operator Thorsten Hansen told TMX. Rough weather in the North Sea churned up massive waves which battered a cruise ship in the North Sea. The largest rogue wave ever recorded was the Draupner wave, an 84-foot-tall (25.6 meters) wave that was observed near Norway in 1995. However, the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded was the Ucluelet wave, a 58-foot-tall (17.7 m) wave that was detected by an ocean buoy off the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia in November 2020.
Suzie Gooding, who was on the ship when the incident happened, recalled feeling like they'd hit an iceberg, according to NBC affiliate WRAL of Raleigh, North Carolina. 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. Four other tourists "sustained non-life-threatening injuries" and were treated onboard, the cruise line said. A guest died following the incident, Viking said, though did not share further details on the cause of death. The loss of navigational functions meant a Danish rescue ship had to come and tow the Maud to Germany at low speed – potentially ruining Christmas plans for many passengers.
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