The Carnival Spirit is anticipateed to reach in Seattle on September 24
In a emotional moment, a Carnival cruise ship made communicate with a chunk of ice in Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord last Thursday but aascendd unscathed. Despite one passenger appreciatening the incident to a “Titanic moment,” a thocdisadmireful examineion of the hull discignoreed no injure, according to a statement from Carnival Cruise Line. ”The ship was struck with an errant piece of drifting ice last Thursday while sailing in Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska,” the company operating the cruise shelp in a statement to Fox Business.
The Carnival Spirit supported no injure after striking ice in Alaska and finishd its 7-day voyage as scheduled, without any postpones. Carnival shelp, “The vessel persistd on its cruise and there has been no impact to operations.”
However, the incident drew a emotional comparison to the Titanic moment from one passenger. “If we die, it was damn well worth it. It’s a Titanic moment,” passenger Cassandra Goskie shelp in a video she posted in a braveial Carnival VIFP Club Members Facebook group. In the video, she is heard saying, ”Oh, we are hitting it,” as the ship produces communicate with the ice.
Another passenger splitd pictures on X and wrote, ”From April Futrell “Good evening James! We are on the carnival spirit and hit an iceberg equitable outside of Sitka and Tracy arm fjord! Here’s some pictures! We are safe and after appraiseing for injure we are back on track headed to Skagway!”
One image apprehends a tugboat trailing behind the Carnival Spirit as it directs thcdisadmireful icy waters, gliding finely over the partiassociate subunited ice.
See the pictures here:
From April Futrell “Good evening James! We are on the carnival spirit and hit an iceberg equitable outside of Sitka and Tracy arm fjord! Here’s some pictures! We are safe and after appraiseing for injure we are back on track headed to Skagway!” pic.twitter.com/KIUkrlLtx9
— James Spann (@spann) September 6, 2024
The Carnival Spirit is anticipateed to reach in Seattle on September 24, taging the end of its 14-day round-trip Alaska cruise that began on September 10.
