Death & Injuries of Americans on Antarctic Cruise Ships Have USCG & NTSB Heading South

Americans Killed and Injured on World Explorer, Viking Polaris and Plancius in the Antarctic

What's Going on With Shipping?
February 7, 2023

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the dispatch of US Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board teams to investigate four incidents that have taken place on board foreign-flagged cruise ships in the last two months of 2022.

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U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB Head to Argentina to Investigate String of Antarctic Expedition Cruise Accidents
https://gcaptain.com/uscg-ntsb-head-to-argentina-to-investigate-string-of-antarctic-expedition-cruise-accidents/

Passengers on Antarctic cruise ship hit by deadly 'rogue wave' speak out
https://abc7chicago.com/antarctica-cruise-rogue-wave-viking-polaris-accident-ship/12539133/

World Explorer Quark Expeditions
https://www.quarkexpeditions.com/expedition-ships/world-explorer

Viking Polaris
https://www.vikingcruises.com/expeditions/ships/viking-polaris.html

MV Plancius
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/antarctica/cruises/pla29-23-antarctica-polar-circle

Antarctic Cruise Ship Suffers Engine Room Fire
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/antarctic-cruise-ship-suffers-engine-room-fire?TB_iframe=true&width=921.6&height=921.6

Antarctic rescue: US ice-breaker to help stuck ships
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25609850

Cruise Ship Explorer Antarctic Abandonment – Update
https://gcaptain.com/cruise-ship-explorer-ii-antarctic-abandonment-update/

Is Mass Cruise Tourism Safe for Antarctic Ecosystems?
https://www.maritime-executive.com/index.php/editorials/is-mass-cruise-tourism-harmful-to-antarctic-ecosystems