Princess Cruise Ship Hits Whale
A dead whale believed to be a juvenile humpback was discovered on the bulbous bow of the 2670-passenger Sapphire Princess as the ship cruised from Ketchikan to Juneau two of the most popular Alaska ports.
Princess cruise ship hits whale. In one of the most graphic photographs of a cruise ship whale strike in 2009 the Princess Cruises Sapphire Princess arrived in port in Vancouver unaware that the cruise ship impaled a fin whale on the ships bow while in Alaskan waters. A cruise liner is under fire after video emerged of the ship nearly colliding with a pod of humpback whales. The whale was caught on the submerged bulbous bow of the cruise ship.
The Sapphire Princess may have struck the whale in Alaskan waters and carried it unknowingly wedged on the bow back to Canada. The Grand Princess a 290-metre ship in the Princess Cruises fleet pulled into Ketchikan with the marine mammal lodged on its submerged bulbous bow a. Princess Cruise Lines fined in whales death.
A whale carcass has been found lodged on the bulbous bow of a cruise ship when it arrived in Ketchikan Alaska. Princess Cruises vessel sailing through Southeast Alaskas Inside Passage hit a whale that was lodged on the bow. Princess Cruises vessel sailing through Southeast Alaskas Inside Passage hit a whale that was lodged on the bow.
The carcass of a humpback whale. The carcass of a humpback whale. The Grand Princess a 290-metre ship in the Princess Cruises fleet pulled into Ketchikan with the marine mammal lodged on its submerged bulbous bow a device designed to avoid wave-making.
A statement released by Princess Cruises said that the cruise ship involved was Grand Princess. The dead whale was removed after the cruise ship docked in Ketchikan on Wednesday morning and towed to a nearby beach for Necropsy. The large Grand Princess cruise ship which is operated by Princess Cruises.
The whale was a female fin whale Balaenoptera physalus. A cruise ship reached an Alaskan port with a surprise on its bow. ANCHORAGE Alaska A cruise ship reached an Alaska port with a surprise on its bow.
