Luxury cruise ship charging $33K stranded in Greenland Arctic

Table Of Content

• How these cruise passengers missed boarding, got stranded
• Cruise Line Adds “Glacier Day” to Its Alaskan Cruise Itineraries
• Bay Area condo war widens after $1 million units sell for just $32,000
• Luxury cruise ship charging $33K per person stranded in freezing Arctic
• Glaciers
• Cruise ship hits iceberg in Alaska, returns to Seattle for repairs

In the age of COVID, it may be better to be thorough than fast, and most passengers took the delay in good stride. Patience has become a necessary packing item, next to passports and vaccination cards. Fraser, a retired Aussie traveling with his wife, and the rest of the passengers may have to wait several more days before being rescued. However, the  fishing vessel Tarajoq, owned by Greenland’s government, managed to help pull the 341-foot cruise ship out of the mud and silt that had immobilized it. The nearest Danish navy vessels were days away, and bad weather delayed an inspection of the ship from arriving until Friday evening at the earliest.

How these cruise passengers missed boarding, got stranded

A luxury cruise ship carrying more than 200 people — primarily Australians — is stuck in remote northeastern Greenland after two failed attempts to free it from the muddy seabed. The national park where the Ocean Explorer got stuck covers 603,973 square miles, almost as much land as France and Spain combined, and approximately 80% is permanently covered by an ice sheet, according to the Visit Greenland tourism board. A fishing research vessel managed to dislodge the liner, whose mostly elderly passengers paid $33,000 for the 21-day cruise, Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command said. The U.S. Coast Guard announced Sunday morning repairs to the Ruby Princess have been completed and the cruise ship is "free to depart" for Alaska. All 51 passengers and most crew members were removed from the ship and placed on another cruise ship in the area, the Coast Guard said.

Cruise Line Adds “Glacier Day” to Its Alaskan Cruise Itineraries

A Nevada family who was onboard says the impact sounded like a loud door being slammed.

Bay Area condo war widens after $1 million units sell for just $32,000

However, the critical information about this extension was not adequately communicated to the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal, operational since 2011, had recently undergone a substantial extension in April 2021, extending the pier’s length from 895 feet to 1,390 feet. And everything that we've done over the last six days has been for you,” Lindsay said. The crowd full of Skredenske's loved ones was all smiles at the fundraiser Sunday at just the thought of bringing Scott home.

It was paid for through a per person passenger tax the state levied on cruise companies. Each guest will also receive a 75% Future Cruise Credit equal to the cruise fare paid on this voyage, which may be applied to any future Princess cruise that is booked by February 1, 2024 and sails by February 1, 2025. We were booked to go on the Millennium in 2007 in Europe and the cruise was cancelled 2 days before sailing because of a similar problem. We also received a full refund and 100% cruise credit, which we used to go through the Panama Canal the next year. We could not book another cruise at such short notice, and had to just choose something else to do for 2 weeks before travelling back to Australia.

The passengers and crew on board number 206, according to the command, and local media in Greenland have reported that about 170 are paying passengers, with rest making up the crew. A couple of people on board the ship have tested positive for Covid-19 and have isolated, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing passengers at the ship. ​In April 2021, the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal pier was extended by 395 feet, including adding two mooring dolphins connected by a walkway and a 410-foot-long floating dock next to the existing dolphins. The Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal did not inform the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the agency in charge of updating U.S. coastal nautical charts, of the extension.

But what about all the non-refundable tours, etc. and the non-refundable airfare? Alaska is often a once in a lifetime cruise (and only cruise many take) for many. Several years ago, they had quite a few problems with the Millie class and often had to cancel sailings at the last minute.

People can be graceful and also the compensation is good, but you still feel very dissapointed. One issue being discussed on the thread on the Celebrity board is that Celebrity doesn't reimburse the airfare to/from the embarkation/disembarkation ports. So though they get a "free" cruise, they lost all their vacation time for the week and they have to pay for another flight to a cruise they had no intention of taking. Honestly, it is not really great compensation - it is the absolute least they would be expected to do. Greeted by the ship's cheering crew out on the promenade deck, passengers stepped into the atrium aboard Serenade of the Seas, awash in balloons and festive decorations.

Someone JUST posted the remainder of the cruise has been cancelled and they'll begin leaving tomorrow. Now posted on the Celebrity Cruise Cruise Critic page that the remainder of the itinerary has been canceled and passengers will be flown out of Ketchikan by charters. They were to have been in Icy Straight on Monday and Juneau today (Tuesday) -- cancelled.

Cruise ship stuck in Greenland with 206 people on board - CTV News

Cruise ship stuck in Greenland with 206 people on board.

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In a statement, the cruise line said, "Princess Cruises can confirm that repairs on Ruby Princess have been completed, and following inspection and certification by the United States Coast Guard the ship is safe and fit to sail." SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- After colliding with the dock and sitting at Pier 27 in San Francisco since Thursday, the Ruby Princess cruise ship finally embarked on its journey to Alaska. Radiance of the Seas made its maiden voyage in 2001, but has since undergone multi-million dollar updates. The ship can carry 2,466 guests and 894 crew members, according to the cruise line. Passengers will be refunded the complete cost of their cruise and any shore excursions booked through Royal Caribbean.

A chain of errors led to Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas hitting the pier last year in Sitka, Alaska, according to a new report. The Ocean Explorer’s crew made two failed attempts to get the ship to float free on its own during high tide — fueling fears that it would be stranded for an extended period of time. “There have not been any injuries to any person on board, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull,” SunStone, the cruise liner’s Florida-based owner, said in a press release.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska started its own cruise ship monitoring program this July. Cruise companies are paying for independent inspectors to board ships unannounced and check on wastewater management, emissions, marine mammal protection and compliance documentation. Even before a rock slide in early July shut down one of the berths for the season, only about 275,000 passengers had disembarked in May and June from cruise ships in Skagway, Alaska. As of Tuesday morning, Arctic Command’s closest inspection vessel, Knud Rasmussen, was 1,200 nautical miles (1,381 land-measured miles) from the cruise ship, JAC said.

The incident highlights the necessity of accurate voyage planning and the importance of prompt reporting by all those involved with ports, ships, or construction. “The crew and passengers are in a difficult situation, but given the circumstances, the atmosphere on the ship is good and everyone on board is doing well,” the Joint Arctic Command said in its statement, citing reports from the Sirius troops. The patrol will stay on land in the area so they can reach the ship within 90 minutes. Troops from Denmark’s Arctic Special Forces elite unit Sirius, which patrols the vast area by dog sled, have now visited the ship and confirmed that all passengers are safe, Denmark’s military’s Joint Arctic Command said on Wednesday.

Cheers went up just after noon from the crowd of eager passengers assembled at Seattle's Pier 91 Smith Cove cruise terminal as the doors were opened and the first passengers ushered in. It’s next voyage, a 12-day trip set to depart from Argentina on Oct. 30 and travel throughout Antarctica, costs $13,395 per passenger. Fraser, one of 90 Australians aboard, told The Morning Herald that the crew had already attempted to lighten the ship and dig itself out from the ocean floor, which is a mix of sediment, sand and silt left by a nearby glacier.

And we were able to then figure out logistics from there because they can’t save someone in that kind of condition on a cruise ship,” Kate said. “The vessel and its passengers will now be positioned to a port where the vessel’s bottom damages can be assessed, and the passengers will be taken to a port from which they can be flown back home,” a SunStone spokesperson said. At least three passengers on board were placed in isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to the ship’s operator, Aurora Expeditions. "Telling your stranded customers onboard the Eclipse in Vancouver that you’re doing everything you can 24 hours later isn’t good enough," she said in a tweet to the company Monday morning.