Cruise ship Clipper Adventurer stranded in the Arctic: Update

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AP: Clipper Adventurer exploring the Northwest Passage in the Arctic has run aground on a rock that wasn't on the map. Robert Bradbury of the Canadian Coast Guard said today they got the call about the stranded Clipper Adventurer late on Friday August 27 2010. Mr Bradbury said the icebreaker Amundsen had been dispatched to the area and was expected to start removing passengers within a couple of hours. He said there were 197 people on board and no one was reported injured. The passengers will be moved via the icebreaker to Kugluktuk, Nunavut, about 50 nautical miles away. The 90-metre cruise ship is operated by Ontario-based Adventure Canada. The company said efforts by the crew to dislodge the vessel were unsuccessful and now rests with a slight list.

IMO Number: 7391422
Name: MV Clipper Adventurer
Owner: ISP (International Shipping Partners)
Port of registry:  Bahamas
In service: 1975
Status: In Service
General characteristics (Refitted in 1998)
Tonnage: 4,000 tons
Length: 100.58 m (330.0 ft)
Beam: 16.31 m (53.5 ft)
Draught: 4.72 m (15.5 ft)
Ice class: A-1
Propulsion: 2 MAN B&W diesel propulsion engines rated approx 2,640 SHP each
500 HP bowthruster
controllable pitch propellers
Speed: 12 knots
Capacity: 122
Crew: 72
Built in 1975 in the former Yugoslavia as the Alla Tarasova, she underwent an $13 million refit in 1998.
During the summer of 2009 Adventure Canada of Missauga, Ontario, Canada took clients into and out of the North West passage on the Clipper Adventurer.
On 27 August 2010, the Clipper Adventurer ran aground of an uncharted rock in the waters of Nunavut's Coronation Gulf during a cruise. As of 29 August 2010, the rescue operation is still ongoing.

Passengers rescued from ship stranded in Arctic
Coast Guard spokesperson Theresa Nichols said the operation to remove passengers from the grounded ship began at approximately 4 p.m. ET August 29. "They're ferrying them now to the Amundsen," Nichols told The Canadian Press in an interview from Winnipeg. "They think that whole process will be about four hours." The ship's 110 passengers and 69 crew members are all said to be fine.


Mikhail Voytenko
Maritime Bulletin
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