Antarctic cruise aborted after glacier collision

Engine failure blamed as cruiseship sustains minor damage

Sandra Speares - Wednesday 2 January 2008

NORWEGIAN operator Hurtigruten was forced to cancel an Antarctic cruise this week after the Fram suffered an engine failure and struck a glacier.

The incident occurred late on Friday just after the ship had made a landing at Browns Bluff.

The ship arrived in Ushuaia yesterday under its own steam after the crew managed to restart the engines foll...

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