Alaskan Cruise Ship Hits Whale

A statement released by Princess Cruises said that the cruise ship involved was Grand Princess.

Alaskan cruise ship hits whale. Empress of the North a 360-foot riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground after striking an island about 49 miles west of Juneau Alaska on May 14. The carcass of a humpback whale. During a normal summer Glacier Bay and the surrounding area buzzes with traffic as vessels of all sizes from massive 150000-tonne cruise liners to smaller whale-watching boats ply the waters as part of Southern Alaskas massive tourism industry.

From the mighty caribou that meander on land at Denali National Park to the seals that own the ocean in Kuskokwim Bay the web of life is a delicate balance here and it plays out in front of your eyes. A cruise ship reached an Alaskan port with a surprise on its bow. The cruise line paid 750000 in 2007 to settle criminal charges related to a dead pregnant humpback whale found in Glacier Bay Alaska in 2001.

A cruise ship reached an Alaskan port with a surprise on its bow. Princess Cruise Lines paid 750000 Monday to settle charges it failed to operate one of its ships in a slow safe manner near Alaskas Glacier Bay National Park where a humpback whale. Nearly 10 years ago on Aug.

The Grand Princess a 290-metre ship in. The ships generate loud noise that interferes with whales communication and hunting. The ships generate loud noise that interferes with whales communication and hunting.

Whale strikes are uncommon but not unheard of in Alaska. Holland Americas Zaandam struck an endangered fin whale last year and carried the dead whale into. Back in 2016 a Holland America cruise ship struck a fin whale before entering a port in Alaska dragging it on the bulbous bow on the Zaandam liner the Associated Press reported.

The carcass of a humpback whale. At the peak of the pandemic cruise ships became major transmission zones forcing government restrictions. The technical answer for the best time to cruise and see the magnificent wildlife starts with their summer migration beginning in the spring.