Spirit of Glacier Bay – Cruise Ship Hard Aground in Alaska

Published: July 8th, 2008 by John |

Cruise West’s Spirit of Glacier Bay is reported to have run aground in Glacier Bay. The US Coastguard is attending the incident. There are no injuries and hull integrity has not been breached, although a boom has been deployed as a precaution. The reason for the grounding is still unknown. Passengers are being transferred to the departure port of Juneau, and the vessel is expected to re-float at high tide.

UPDATE:

Ship Grounded – Glacier Bay Alaska from John Konrad on Vimeo.

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