Rare jpalbny Posted November 23, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Just saw this sad news. Expedition travel is not without risk, even when conditions look good. Hoping that the remaining injured staff and passengers make a full recovery. https://www.travelresearchonline.com/blog/index.php/2022/11/two-dead-in-rare-zodiac-accident-in-antarctica/ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted November 23, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Sad news indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinbanjo Posted November 23, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Very sad, prayers go out to those effected. Wow, very quirky indeed. These boats are usually quite stable, and pax always wear life jackets, making the situation even more odd. Edited November 23, 2022 by crusinbanjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AveSaloon Posted November 23, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 23, 2022 A reminder that the world out there is not Disneyland. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted November 23, 2022 #5 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Terribly sad news, thoughts and condolences go to all involved. From the article: They also noted that the waters around Elephant Island are usually calm. Reality: Elephant Island waters are notoriously vicious. Zodiac rides are rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted November 23, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, highplanesdrifters said: From the article: They also noted that the waters around Elephant Island are usually calm. Yeah, that was a stupid, uniformed quote. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothko1 Posted November 23, 2022 #7 Share Posted November 23, 2022 A terrible tragedy; what a horrific thing to happen on what was supposed to be a "bucket list" type of cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare highplanesdrifters Posted November 23, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 hours ago, crusinbanjo said: Very sad, prayers go out to those effected. Wow, very quirky indeed. These boats are usually quite stable, and pax always wear life jackets, making the situation even more odd. I was thinking about how this happened. The article mentioned that one women survived in an air pocket. I wonder if some were trapped under the zodiac. Life jackets inflated when they hit they water making it difficult to get out from under a flipped zodiac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted November 23, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 23, 2022 And this: Scenic submersible delayed surfacing, damaged in Antarctic ice At least no one was injured, but another reminder that technology can't protect against the huge forces of nature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy333 Posted November 24, 2022 #10 Share Posted November 24, 2022 This is very sad for all involved and my condolences to the families affected . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinbanjo Posted November 24, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 24, 2022 21 hours ago, highplanesdrifters said: I was thinking about how this happened. The article mentioned that one women survived in an air pocket. I wonder if some were trapped under the zodiac. Life jackets inflated when they hit they water making it difficult to get out from under a flipped zodiac. What you said sounds correct. Very sad situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradara Posted November 28, 2022 #12 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I was just on the Silversea Explorer and was having dinner with one of the expedition staff when he told us about this accident. He said that the zodiac driver was very experienced and was, actually, the expedition leader. It's very sad and scary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseej Posted November 28, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I'm guessing the expedition staff on the Explorer, and all the expedition ships in Antartica, had some long meetings and drills on their safety procedures after this tragic accident. Zodiacs are used because they are so stable and so unlikely to flip over, especially when loaded with a full complement of passengers. In a quick Google search, I couldn't find mention of this ever happening before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Catlover54 Posted November 29, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, cruiseej said: I'm guessing the expedition staff on the Explorer, and all the expedition ships in Antartica, had some long meetings and drills on their safety procedures after this tragic accident. Zodiacs are used because they are so stable and so unlikely to flip over, especially when loaded with a full complement of passengers. In a quick Google search, I couldn't find mention of this ever happening before. My google search last week when I heard about it on Antarctica news (still present) showed it happened in 2013, also on Quark, in the Arctic (1 dead). https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2013/06/21/quark-expeditions-arctic-cruise-excursion-death/2446125/ It is, however, clearly very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanne Posted November 29, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 29, 2022 A woman died in a zodiac accident in 2007 at the Horizontal Falls Kimberley Australia. The zodiac was from Coral Princess on a 10 day cruise Broome to Darwin. The zodiac overturned throwing the woman into the water…sadly she was unable to be revived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Port Power Posted November 29, 2022 #16 Share Posted November 29, 2022 10 hours ago, sanne said: A woman died in a zodiac accident in 2007 at the Horizontal Falls Kimberley Australia. The zodiac was from Coral Princess on a 10 day cruise Broome to Darwin. The zodiac overturned throwing the woman into the water…sadly she was unable to be revived. Horizontal Falls can be very rough. “White water rafting” type water and whirlpools. Regulations were tightened subsequent to that accident. However, even with very experienced crew, nature can take its own path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanne Posted November 29, 2022 #17 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I 4 hours ago, Port Power said: Horizontal Falls can be very rough. “White water rafting” type water and whirlpools. Regulations were tightened subsequent to that accident. However, even with very experienced crew, nature can take its own path. I have been through the Horizontal Falls 3 times. First time not long after that accident. It’s a wonderful experience but it’s easy to see how things could go badly wrong in an instant even with experienced crew. I’ve always chosen to go when there’s the least flow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRIPACIAN Posted November 29, 2022 #18 Share Posted November 29, 2022 We were on the Cloud headed to Elephant island when this occurred. We did not go there and the reason given was rough waters and bad weather. The accident was on the 15th and we would have arrived on the 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted November 30, 2022 #19 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Breaking news the new Viking Expedition ship has had a zodiac accident today with a bladder bursting on a zodiac and 2 thrown into the water. One woman apparently has a fractured leg and the ship is heading for Ushuaia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted November 30, 2022 #20 Share Posted November 30, 2022 The only news I can find on the incident as yet. https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2022/11/30/larry-and-ann-mah-take-antarctica-trip-on-which-woman-is-badly-hurt/69687733007/ But there is a Silversea link. The Captain of the Polaris is captain Maggie who we sailed with from Iceland to Canada on her first voyage as a Silversea Captain on the Silver Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Port Power Posted November 30, 2022 #21 Share Posted November 30, 2022 2 hours ago, drron29 said: The only news I can find on the incident as yet. https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2022/11/30/larry-and-ann-mah-take-antarctica-trip-on-which-woman-is-badly-hurt/69687733007/ But there is a Silversea link. The Captain of the Polaris is captain Maggie who we sailed with from Iceland to Canada on her first voyage as a Silversea Captain on the Silver Explorer. This incident has been kept very quiet. There isn’t even mention of it in the Viking Expedition thread. I do hope the lady is comfortable during transit and recovers in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgh Posted November 30, 2022 #22 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Even more interesting is that the brand new "wheelreinvented" ship has sustained damage returning across the drake….hmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted November 30, 2022 #23 Share Posted November 30, 2022 There is some info on the Viking board right now as to the issues with the zodiac, broken windows, severe injuries, and possibly a death. I did my Antarctica & S Georgia island bucket list cruise and after that realized that expeditions cruising is not for me. If I had read this stuff prior, I would never have done it. South of France works best for me 😉 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crusinbanjo Posted November 30, 2022 #24 Share Posted November 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, tgh said: Even more interesting is that the brand new "wheelreinvented" ship has sustained damage returning across the drake….hmmmmmmm Wow, that must have been a real rough ride. is it possible the captain exceeded a speed limit for rough seas that caused the damage? I know airplanes have speed limits for rough air, does that apply to ships as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted December 1, 2022 #25 Share Posted December 1, 2022 You don't have to be speeding to break windows across the Drake. The Silver explorer got hit by a freak wave and the bridge window got smashed. https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2013/01/articles/rough-weather/another-close-call-in-antarctica-silver-explorer-damaged-by-large-wave/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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