CLIPPER ADVENTURER On Uncharted Rock — Updated

| September 15, 2010 | Shipping News | 1 Comment
CLIPPER ADVENTURER post card courtesy www.simplonpc.co.uk

On August 27, CLIPPER ADVENTURER (ex ALLA TARASOVA), a 1975-built passenger ship with 128 passengers and 69 crew members on board, ran aground on an uncharted rock in the Arctic Ocean while on a cruise through the Northwest Passage. No injuries were reported and the passengers have been transferred to Kugluktuk, a former copper mine town of about 1,300 souls in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. Operated by Adventure Canada, the ship is described as an A-1 ice class ship for unrestricted passenger service. The 330 foot vessel ran around on Friday August 27, and several attempts have been made to free her while the passengers remained on board.  The Canadian Coast Guard evacuated the passengers using the icebreaker AMUNDSEN. From the hamlet of Kugluktuk, passengers will be then flown to Edmonton, Canada.

Efforts to free the ship continued  in calm weather and on  September 14, with the help of  four commercial tugs CLIPPER ADVENTURER was pulled free. The Coast Guard reports that there were no injuries or leaks.

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  1. David

    LET’S HOPE THIS DOES NOT DRIVE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. THE MONIES LOST FROM THE CANCELLED SAILING ( S ) is not good

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