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  • Tourists hurt by giant wave after Arctic glacier breaks

    08/09/2007 10:06:54 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 21 replies · 458+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/9/07 | Reuters
    OSLO (Reuters) - A chunk of an Arctic glacier broke into the sea and triggered a huge wave that injured 18 people on a sightseeing boat, almost all of them British tourists, Norwegian officials said on Thursday. Four people were seriously hurt in the accident by Hornbreen glacier on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard and were flown south to a hospital in Tromsoe on the mainland. The others were treated at a local hospital, mostly for minor injuries. "The glacier calved (split off) and a big wave washed over the boat," Elisabeth Bjoerge Loevold, acting governor of Svalbard, told Reuters....
  • How to Survive A Freak Wave-- And Avoid Whining

    04/23/2005 10:42:04 AM PDT · by rellimpank · 59 replies · 1,995+ views
    BY BARBARA D. PHILLIPS Friday, April 22, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT NEW YORK--Rough seas buffeted the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship on its way from Miami to New York last Friday and Saturday, turning a pleasure cruise into a thrill ride. Then a "freak" seven-story wave hit the bow on decks nine and 10.