News - Full Story
A new Titanic? US and Canada prepare for worst as luxury Arctic cruise sets sail
28th March, 2016
Source - Environment news, comment and
Coast guard officials are training for catastrophe as melting sea ice opens up Northwest Passage allowing liner to cruise with 1,700 from Alaska to New York

On 13 April, coast guard officials from the US and Canada will train for a cruise ship catastrophe: a mass rescue from a luxury liner on its maiden voyage through the remote and deathly cold waters between the Northwest Passage and the Bering Strait.

The prospect of just such a disaster occurring amid the uncharted waters and capricious weather of the Arctic is becoming all too real.


Database error: Invalid SQL: Select id,headline,body,agency,img_name from news WHERE approved=1 order by ts DESC
MySQL Error: 3 (Error writing file '/tmp/MYfd=1749' (OS errno 28 - No space left on device))
Session halted.