Cruise Ship Hits Whale

Dead whale has washed up in Burrard Inlet in Vancouver.

Cruise ship hits whale. A dead fin whale found wedged against the bow of an Alaskan cruise ship in Vancouverwill be dropped back into the ocean following an necropsy to determine ho. The Grand Princess a 290-metre ship in the Princess Cruises fleet pulled into Ketchikan with. This latest incident is reportedly the second time in two years involving a whale strike caused by a cruise ship in Alaska.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A dead 30-foot whale found on the Brooklyn side of New York Harbor Monday morning is believed to have been struck by a cruise ship that was later disabled for several hours as. Whale killed by cruise ship near New York amid upsurge in cetacean strikes.

Strike is third in north-east waters in recent weeks. ANCHORAGE Alaska A cruise ship reached an Alaska port with a surprise on its bow. The ship probably didnt even realize they struck this whale.

While on our Alaskan cruise the captain of the Sapphire Princess realized there was a whale embedded on our bow. Cruise ship-whale strikes are hardly uncommon. Sei whale carcass dragged into Hudson River.

In an agreement with prosecutors Princess a division of Carnival Corp pleaded guilty to knowingly failing to operate the cruise ship at a slow safe speed while near two whales on July 12 2001. Canadian authorities who inspected the whale said it was struck by a cruise shipThe whale was hit north of Vancouver Island by the cruise ship The Seven Seas Navigator that was returning from AlaskaJohn Ford research scientist with FOC said - this is the third time since the 1990s that a fin whale has. A cruise ship reached an Alaskan port with a surprise on its bow.

There were three whale strikes recently. A Vancouver harbour worker Craig Delahunt of Tymac Launch Service. Public broadcaster NHK quoted a marine expert who said the scale of the impact suggests the ship struck a whale.