A Norwegian cruise ship has cancelled its nine-night trip through Alaska, after the vessel crashed into an iceberg off the Alaskan coast.
Incredible footage has emerged of the incident, which shows the 2,000-capacity Norwegian Sun smashing into a ‘growler’ near the Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat Bay.
Cruiship (NORWEGIAN SUN) hits a minor iceberg in Alaska. Video forwarded by a crew member who said that after the accident divers inspected the ship which sustained minor damage and will return to Seattle for repairs. /zw7jnoCKOs
— A.BAYRAM (@AlianaBayram) June 28, 2022
The vessel changed course to dock at at Juneau after the collision, where divers have been assessing the vessel for damage. No injuries have been reported, but the cruise line has now cancelled the rest of the scheduled trip. Norwegian Sun will now return to Seattle on Thursday morning to undergo repairs.
A growler is a small iceberg or ice floe that has less than 1 metre of ice showing above the water and measures less than 2 meters across. They are commonly encountered in areas with icebergs, but it is rare for a cruise liner to change course after colliding with one.
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, USA
A Norwegian Cruise Line spokespersontold Cruise Hivethe ship was “engulfed by dense fog, limiting visibility and resulting in the ship making contact with a growler.”
Cruise passenger Alicia Amador told local newspaper Juneau Empire that hitting the iceberg was a ‘scary experience.’
“The whole boat came to a complete stop from the impact,” she said — describing the iceberg as “the size of a semi-truck.”
