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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Cruising is a relatively safe form of travel, two cruise industry analysts told Insider.</li><li>But some cruise destinations and routes are prone to dangerous conditions and risky activity.</li></ul>A favorite form of travel among global adventurers, cruises provide passengers with ease, access, and expectations of a safe journey.But the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/4-luxury-hospitality-companies-ultra-luxury-cruise-lines-photos-2023-2">cushy onboard experience</a> of a commercial cruise can, in the rarest of occasions, turn dangerous, even deadly.Weather conditions on the open ocean can turn on a dime, with unpredictable winds, fast-moving storms, and freak waves posing risks to both vessels and passengers. Just this month, US Coast Guard announced that it was aiding an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/antarctic-cruise-deaths-prompt-coast-guard-investigation-2023-2">investigation into a series of deaths and injuries among American citizens</a> on Antarctic cruises over a two-week period last year. "These incidents can happen anywhere at any time," <a href="https://www.cruiseguy.com/about/aboutus.html">Stewart Chiron</a>, a cruise-industry analyst and CEO of the consumer cruise website <a href="https://www.cruiseguy.com/about/aboutus.html" target="_blank" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">cruiseguy.com</a>, told Insider. "Even when you take extreme care, these are accidents, they're not on purpose."Chiron and <a href="https://mun.academia.edu/RossKlein/CurriculumVitae">Ross Klein</a>, a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland who studies the cruise industry and runs the website <a href="http://cruisejunkie.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cruisejunkie.com</a>, broke down some of the most dangerous cruising routes and destinations around the world. <h2>Antarctica</h2>The world's southernmost continent is among the most beautiful — and dangerous — cruise destinations, according to Chiron and Klein. "The reality is you're going into a part of the world where weather conditions can be unpredictable," Klein told Insider. "It's an area of the world where if something goes wrong, you can't call 911 and say, 'I need help.'"As it's virtually uninhabited, Antarctica's remote location, as well as its relatively new status as an accessible vacation spot, is a major factor in its position as a perilous cruise destination. Rough seas and unreliable weather conditions also up the risk factor for passengers on these "bucket list" trips."We're dealing with a treacherous part of the world," Chiron said. "We're not talking about the sunny, calm Caribbean seas with light trade winds."The region's dangers were on full display in November when <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/antarctic-cruise-deaths-prompt-coast-guard-investigation-2023-2">three Americans died in two separate wave-related incidents on Antarctic cruises</a> in a two-week period.Two US citizens died on an inflatable boat during an excursion off the Portuguese-flagged World Explorer when the small boat capsized near Elephant Island in Antarctica. Nearly two weeks later, another American died and four others were injured while aboard the Viking Polaris after <a href="https://www.insider.com/cruise-passenger-dies-after-rogue-wave-viking-ship-others-2022-12">a rogue wave hit the ship and shattered several windows</a>.Ship travel through Antarctica, once limited to expedition and exploration ships, has <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155335715/antarctic-cruises-are-gaining-popularity-though-4-americans-recently-died-on-the">become increasingly popular in recent years</a> as more commercial cruise lines deploy passenger vessels to the remote region, where tourists can snap photos with penguins and spot killer whales up close.But when disaster strikes, the area's remoteness can exacerbate danger."You're at the mercy of weather, the mercy of what other ships are around that can give help," said Klein, who has <a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/7691142F-8E67-402F-81DC-CA3F4743EC96">testified at Congressional hearings</a> about the cruise industry.In 2009, the MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying more than 150 passengers, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-sinking-of-the-explorer-1667532.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sank in freezing Antarctic waters after the captain drove the ship too fast toward a "wall of ice,"</a> an accident investigation found. Passengers were shepherded onto lifeboats, and with unusually calm weather conditions, nobody died.Antarctica's perilous conditions mean accidents on the rough sea are inevitable, especially as more and more ships traverse the treacherous waters, the two experts said."The incidents that happened in late 2022, they're in our minds as though they're unique, but they're not," Klein said. "They've happened before, and they'll happen again in the future." <div type="image" title="A cruise ship is pictured next to a small ice berg." height="2499" width="5000" msid="97994426" hostid="261" sizebytes="444724"></div><h2>The Northwest Passage</h2>The famed sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean has only in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/a-cargo-ship-just-completed-a-historic-trip-through-the-northwest-passage-2014-10">recent years</a> borne <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/you-can-now-cruise-the-arctic-passage-2016-3">witness to commercial cruising</a> as <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?postID=63ed7b86310b0b1f3a449282&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F070919%2Ffull%2F449267b.html">the region's ice increasingly melts</a>, which allows <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/88597/a-nearly-ice-free-northwest-passage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passenger vessels to sometimes make the treacherous trip</a> though freezing waters.But the waterway's shallowness, network of islands and inlets, and <a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148802/ice-persists-in-the-northwest-passage">persisting ice</a> make the Northwest Passage as dangerous as Antarctica is for cruising, Klein said, noting the perilous pack ice that makes navigation especially tricky.The route was first navigated more than 100 years ago by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Today, passengers with enough cash can sail the Northwest Passage while on summer visits to Norway, Iceland, or Greenland. Unpredictable sea conditions are a major risk variable in the Arctic, where vicious storms can spring up with no warning and the surrounding environment provides little protection for any ship caught in a gale. In 2018, a Russian-flagged <a href="https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-cruise-ship-runs-aground-canadas-northwest-passage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passenger ship with 162 people on board ran aground along the passage</a>, prompting a rescue operation by a fellow ship, as well as the Canadian Coast Guard. Anticipation of an influx of passenger vessels in the inhospitable area has <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arctic-travel-canada-coast-guard-increase-demand-1.3671157" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prompted safety concerns among the Canadian Coast Guard</a> about the likely need for future rescue operations. "There is very little protection," Klein said of the Northwest Passage. "There aren't other ships around. You don't have a shipping route where people can come help you." <div type="image" title="Cruise North Expedition passengers during a lifeboat drill in the Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Arctic Canada." height="1249" width="2500" msid="97994430" hostid="261" sizebytes="267810"></div><h2>Cape Hatteras, North Carolina</h2>The waterway off the coast of North Carolina known as Cape Hatteras has a foreboding nickname that cements its status as a historically dangerous route: the <a href="https://graveyardoftheatlantic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Graveyard of the Atlantic</a>.The area is the site of an unusually large number of shipwrecks dating back hundreds of years. Remnants of fallen vessels can be spotted from the shores. Estimates place <a href="https://graveyardoftheatlantic.com/graveyard/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the number of shipwrecks off Cape Hatteras at more than 2,000</a>.The cape is <a href="https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/shipwrecks.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ripe for disaster</a> as the warm waters of the Gulf Stream meet the cold waters of the Arctic current above an underwater land mass of ever-shifting bays and sandbars known as Diamond Shoals."There's a reason so many of the old ships sank there," Chiron said. Modern cruise ships are more technically advanced and better equipped than their 19th- and 20th-century counterparts to face the storm conditions often seen near Hatteras.But in 2016, a passenger ship bound for the Bahamas had to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/travel/cruise-ship-rough-seas/index.html#:~:text=The%20Anthem%20of%20the%20Seas%20encountered%20a%20severe%20storm%20Sunday,original%20port%20in%20New%20Jersey." target="_blank" rel="noopener">turn around and return to New York after a severe storm near Cape Hatteras</a> injured four people.<div type="image" title="This photo provided by National Park Service shows the fishing vessel Ocean Pursuit stranded along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina on April 12, 2020." height="480" width="960" msid="97994432" hostid="261" sizebytes="43068"></div><h2>Cruise lines avoid dangerous ports</h2>While rough seas and high winds can make ocean travel dangerous, uncertainties on land pose their own risks for visitors. Commercial cruise lines, which are in the business of making money and ensuring every passenger gets home alive, are understandably risk-averse when it comes to port destinations that might be dangerous, Klein said. Cruise lines will change entire itineraries for the long term should a popular land destination become racked with civil unrest or increasing crime rates, according to Chiron and Klein.Egypt, whose cities were once a mainstay on several cruise itineraries, offered passengers the chance to visit pyramids and explore both Cairo's and Alexandria's history. But the country has seen <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pirates-attack-cruise-ship/">a steep decline in visiting cruise ships</a> since <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/whats-the-end-game-for-the-arab-spring-2011-6">the Arab Spring took hold in the Middle East in the early 2010s</a>, Chiron said.Ports in the Dominican Republic led to a similar story in the 1980s, Chiron said, after spending years as common stopping points for passing ships. Rising crime throughout the country at the time kept cruises away for many years, the expert said, adding that the country was back to being a popular stop for modern seafarers. In 2005, the Seabourn Spirit, a luxury cruise ship now named Star Breeze with 161 crew and passengers on board, was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pirates-attack-cruise-ship/">attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia</a>. The capture attempt ultimately failed when crews drove the pirates off using the ship's water hose.<div type="image" title="Seaborn Spirit on November 25, 2008 off the coast of Djibouti" height="2128" width="4256" msid="97994436" hostid="261" sizebytes="549936"></div><h2>Even common cruising routes can be racked by dangerous conditions</h2>Even the calmest of tropical seas or most popular of cruising destinations can be hit with an unexpected storm or freak incident, the two experts said; it's just part of ocean travel."You'll see plenty of winter sailings to and from the Northeast to the Caribbean where ships are hit by rogue waves," Chiron said. Likewise, ships making standard transatlantic trips can sometimes pull into a New York port with several feet of snow on the ship, having navigated through a winter storm, Chiron added.While cruise companies and crews review weather conditions constantly, some things are impossible to predict.Chiron and Klein both said passengers have a responsibility to mentally prepare and educate themselves of any inherent risks involved in their cruise travel and should always be prepared for a change in plans.Cruising, however, remains a relatively safe form of travel and vacation, they said."It's more a sense of having a respect for nature," Klein said.

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Send tips to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me at <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentGriffiths">@BrentGriffiths</a>.Here's what we're talking about:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-warn-consequences-if-us-extends-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-2021-8">Taliban warn of 'consequences' if the US extends its military presence in Afghanistan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/6-ad-executives-on-how-to-win-over-the-vaccine-hesitant-2021-8">6 advertising executives on how to win over the vaccine hesitant</a></li><li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/23/pelosi-budget-package-showdown-506589">House Democrats are locked in a standoff over their $3.5 trillion spending plan</a></li></ul>With Phil Rosen.1. BIDEN'S LOOMING DECISION: President Joe Biden will have to run the gauntlet on his Afghanistan exit. He is mulling extending his self-imposed deadline for US forces to leave Kabul by August 31. An extension would be welcomed by many American allies, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-johnson-push-biden-afghan-deadline-extension-2021-08-23/">including the UK</a>, that have been pressing for such a decision. But the Taliban have threatened "consequences" if the US extends its longest war.Biden could make his decision as soon as today: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/23/politics/afghanistan-kabul-airport-military-deadline/index.html">The Pentagon has told the White House it needs a quick decision</a>, given the amount of time it will take to withdraw the nearly 6,000 troops on the ground - and their equipment - after the civilian evacuations conclude, CNN reports.<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taliban-warn-consequences-if-us-extends-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-2021-8">The Taliban have drawn a red line</a>: "If the US or UK were to seek additional time to continue evacuations - the answer is no. Or there would be consequences," a spokesman for the militant group told Sky News.</li></ul>An extension would also come amid security concerns: US troops are using alternative routes to the airport because of the threat posed by an Islamic State cell, CNN reports. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/politics/kabul-airport-terror-warning/index.html">The Pentagon is aware that large crowds create a target for terrorist groups</a>. Violence is already occurring, as an Afghan officer <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kabul-airport-firefight-afghan-guards-gunmen-death-injuries-2021-8">was killed Monday in a firefight with "unknown attackers."</a><ul><li>But it could also leave Afghans who helped Americans out in the cold: Officials told The Washington Post that an extension would most likely focus on evacuating remaining Americans, not Afghans trying to flee. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-kabul-evacuations-extension-pressure/2021/08/23/c649f182-0425-11ec-ba15-9c4f59a60478_story.html">Access to the airport is already said to be largely if not entirely cut off to Afghans who worked for the US</a>.</li><li>Not extending the deadline poses its own problems: The House Intelligence Committee's chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/schiff-says-its-unlikely-get-everyone-out-afghanistan-by-deadline-2021-8">told reporters on Monday that the US was unlikely to get everyone out in just a week</a>.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/crowds-at-kabul-airport-so-large-seen-from-space-satellite-2021-8">The crowds at the airport are so large they can be seen in satellite photos</a>.2. FDA approves COVID-19 vaccine for first time: The Food and Drug Administration issued full approval for Pfizer and BioNTech's shot, which will now be marketed under the brand name Comirnaty. Public-health officials, virologists, and legal experts think <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-gains-full-fda-approval-2021-8">full approval could help persuade more hesitant people to get vaccinated</a>.<ul><li>Key stat: A recent poll found 30% of adults said they would be more likely to be vaccinated if one of the three shots already used in the US received full FDA approval. <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-june-2021/">That scenario has now happened</a>.</li></ul>The new "Mad Men" think they know how to sell the shot: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/6-ad-executives-on-how-to-win-over-the-vaccine-hesitant-2021-8">6 advertising executives on how to win over the vaccine hesitant</a>.WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-delta-variant-changed-course-of-pandemic-2021-8">How the Delta variant has changed the course of the pandemic</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-delta-variant-changed-course-of-pandemic-2021-8"><div type="image" title="Insider video" height="618" width="1174" msid="85591327" hostid="261"></div></a><ul><li>Fauci says COVID-19 can be brought under control by spring 2022: Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN that he misspoke during an earlier interview in which he said the US might not be able to get a grip on the pandemic until fall 2022. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-covid-19-can-be-brought-under-control-spring-2022-2021-8">Medical experts say the longer people remain unvaccinated, the greater the chance another variant will arise</a>.</li></ul>3. House Democrats are locked in a standoff over a major proposal: Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent lawmakers home after midnight after hours of negotiations with centrist Democrats failed to yield a deal to move forward on the party's massive $3.5 trillion spending plan, Politico reports. Rep. 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A Cuomo representative denied the now-former governor tried to paw off his friend. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-dog-captain-left-behind-governor-mansion-moving-out-ny-2021-8">More on the dog days</a>.</li></ul>5. Far-right host Alex Jones breaks with Trump over vaccines: Jones shamed former President Donald Trump for advising attendees of his rally in Alabama over the weekend to get vaccinated. "Maybe Trump's actually a dumbass," Jones said. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/far-right-talk-show-host-alex-jones-calls-trump-dumb-2021-8">Some people at the rally even booed Trump after his suggestion</a>.6. Vice President Kamala Harris issues major rebuke of China: Harris called out Beijing for its incursion into the South China Sea, saying during an address in Singapore that its actions there amounted to "coercion" and "intimidation," the Associated Press reports. 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Sex workers are furious over OnlyFans' policy change: Insider checked in with three sex workers to discuss OnlyFans' new restrictions on sexually explicit content. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/onlyfans-sex-workers-on-adult-explicit-content-ban-2021-8">They shared how they'd adapt: "We'll find a way to survive this exodus," one said</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/onlyfans-platform-alternatives-sex-work-entrepreneurs-2020-11">These are some of the alternatives they may turn to</a>.</li></ul>10. Stop counting your steps. Instead, count your minutes: Doctors say you could more readily meet your health goals by focusing on daily movement rather than step count. 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As for replacing Trebek, the former "Big Bang Theory" star Mayim Bialik <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/media/mayim-bialik-jeopardy/index.html">will be the show's first guest host after Mike Richards withdrew</a>.</li></ul>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image">Institute Of Cetacean Research/Institute of Cetacean Research/AFP/FileA handout photo taken on February 25, 2013 shows the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker (R) and the Japanese whaling fleet fuel tanker the San Laurel off Antarctica</div></div>Militant anti-whaling campaigners Sea Shepherd on Sunday said one of their ships was rammed during "aggressive" and "unprovoked" confrontations with the Japanese in the Southern Ocean.
Sea Shepherd said one of its vessels, the Bob Barker, was struck during a coordinated attack by the Japanese fleet's three harpoon ships as they attempt to drive the campaigners away from the factory ship Nisshin Maru.
"The Bob Barker was hit by the Japanese whaling fleet's harpoon vessel, the Yushin Maru No. 2, as the harpoon vessel crossed in front of the bow of the Sea Shepherd ship," the activist group said.
"The assault is an attempt to deter the Sea Shepherd ships from their current position, blocking the slipway of the Nisshin Maru, preventing the whalers from loading whales poached from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary."
The group has three ships out this season, the Bob Barker, Steve Irwin and Sam Simon.
Sea Shepherd said the Japanese had attempted to damage the fleet's propellers with steel cables, had thrown projectiles including grappling hooks at the Steve Irwin and fired water cannon on the Bob Barker's crew as they tried to cut the cables from a small boat.
Bob Barker captain Peter Hammarstedt said the Sea Shepherd vessels were "unprovokedly attacked" by the Japanese harpooners in a "ruthless" fashion.
"These harpoon ships came in heavy and hard. They hit my bow with about 300 metres of steel cable with the express intent of causing damage to my rudder and propellers," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Thankfully because of a lot of evasive manoeuvring I was able to avoid being entangled, but on one occasion one of the harpoon ships came so close that they ended up colliding with my vessel."
Hammarstedt said nobody was injured "but certainly the whalers were more aggressive than we have ever seen them before and I think we're quite lucky that nobody was hurt."
Hammarstedt said the collision had left his anchor dangling "like a wrecking ball" but most of the damage was above the water line and would be able to be repaired at sea.
High-seas confrontations are common between Sea Shepherd and the Japanese, who hunt whales in Antarctica under a "scientific research" loophole in the moratorium on whaling.
In 2010 a collision resulted in the sinking of Sea Shepherd's speedboat Ady Gil.
The anti-whaling group, carrying out their 10th annual harassment campaign of the Japanese fleet, said their actions had so far produced a "disastrous" season for the harpooners.
"Early interception and a persistent chase has enabled the Sea Shepherd Fleet to effectively suspend whaling operations and allowed the fleet to take up position and secure the slipway of the Nisshin Maru," it said.
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