One person died and four others were injured after a giant 'rogue wave' hit an Antarctica-bound cruise ship, travel company Viking said.
Viking Polaris ship of norwegian flag, is seen anchored in waters of the Atlantic Ocean in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, on December 1, 2022. One person was killed, and four other passengers were injured when a giant wave broke several panes of glass on a cruise ship sailing in Antarctic waters in a storm on November 29, Norwegian company and Argentine judicial sources said on December 1.
"We wondered if we hit an iceberg. And there are no icebergs out here, but that's how it felt," Suzie Gooding, a passenger on the Viking Polaris,Viking said the company's"focus remains on the safety and wellbeing of our guests and crew" and that they were working to arrange return travel for those impacted by the trip. Viking also canceled the ship’s next scheduled departure on Dec. 5 for the Antarctic Explorer itinerary.
Rogue waves, which scientists call"extreme storm waves," are more than twice the size of surrounding waves, the NOAA says, and often come from different directions than that of the already-existing waves and wind.These waves are very unpredictable and have a frightening appearance – with most reports describing rogue waves to look like steep"walls of water," the NOAA says.
The agency adds that rogue waves are"extremely rare." Experts are still researching how these waves form, but the NOAA notes that there are several known causes –This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:
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