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Woman Dead, 4 Others Injured After Massive Wave Slams Antarctica-Bound Cruise Ship

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December 3, 2022
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An American died and four other passengers were injured when a massive wave smashed into an Antarctic cruise ship during a storm as it sailed off the coast of Argentina, officials said Friday.

The 62-year-old woman was hit by broken glass when the wave slammed against the cabin windows late Tuesday, Argentine authorities said.

‘A Rogue Wave Incident’

Viking Polaris in the wake of the incident.
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The Viking Polaris cruise ship was sailing toward 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 guest’s family and shared our deepest sympathies,” the statement said. Four other tourists “sustained non-life-threatening injuries” and were treated onboard, the cruise line said.

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.

US State Department Releases Statement

Neither the Viking statement nor the Argentine Naval Prefecture identified the woman or her hometown.

In a statement to CBS News, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed the death and offered condolences to the family.

“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.”

Fellow Passengers Recall ‘Shocking’ Impact of the Wave

“We wondered if we hit an iceberg,” Suzie Gooding, a passenger from North Carolina, told WRAL-TV. “And there are no icebergs out here, but that’s how it felt.”

Gooding told the station that the impact of the wave was “shocking.”

“Everything was fine until the rogue wave hit, and it was just sudden. Shocking,” Gooding said. “We didn’t know if we should get our gear ready for abandoning ship.”

Rogue wave
Rogue wave (For representational purposes)

Rogue Waves are ‘Unpredictable,’ ‘Surge Out of Nowhere’

Viking said it was “investigating the facts surrounding this incident.” Scientists often refer to rogue waves as extreme storm waves that surge out of nowhere, often in an unpredictable direction, and can look like a steep wall of water, up to twice the size of surrounding waves.

These rare killer waves were once considered as a myth reported by mariners or explorers. The polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote in his book of a “gigantic” freak wave he encountered in Antarctica in 1916.

However, scientists have learned more about them in recent decades, studying how they emerge and how to predict the wall of water that can surge up even in calm seas.

The Viking Polaris was launched in 2022 and is the newest ship in the company’s fleet. The incident comes two weeks after two tourists died on another Antarctic cruise. The two men, aged 76 and 80, had left the World Explorer ship for an excursion on an inflatable zodiac boat which overturned near the shore.



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