Woman Loses Her Life As ‘Rogue Wave’ Hits Cruise Ship Sailing Toward Antarctica

US Woman Loses Her Life As ‘Rogue Wave’ Hits Cruise Ship Sailing Toward Antarctica

A US woman lost her life, while four more were injured when a huge rogue wave hit a cruise vessel as it was sailing toward Antarctica.

Per reports, the 62-year-old woman was killed by broken glass as the wave smashed the windows of the cabin on the Viking Polaris cruise vessel when there was a storm late Tuesday.

AP news agency informed that the 202m vessel reportedly suffered limited damages as it reached Argentina’s Ushuaia, 3,100 kilometers to the south of Buenos Aires, on the next day.

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