“Rogue Wave” Kills Woman On Antarctic Cruise Ship

CNN reports:

One passenger was killed and four injured when a “rogue wave” hit their cruise ship during a storm earlier this week. The passengers had been taking an Antarctic cruise aboard the Viking Polaris when it was hit by the storm as it sailed towards Ushuaia, Argentina.

The storm caused a giant wave that broke several panes of glass on the cruise ship and these fell onto and killed an American woman.

Viking Cruises confirmed in a statement issued Saturday that the ship had been hit by a “rogue wave” – a type of wave the US National Ocean Service describes as being “greater than twice the size of surrounding waves.”

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