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Vehicle Incident – North Pole – Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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EDIS Number: VIV-20101023-28275-SJM
Date / time: 23/10/2010 03:41:37 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Incident
Area: North pole
Country: Svalbard and Jan Mayen
State/County: Unknow
City: Unknow
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: 16 persons
Damage level: Minor

Description:

Fifty British tourists were involved in a terrifying glacier collapse on board the small cruise liner operated by the specialist holiday company Discover The World. The vessel was sailing near a tall glacier in Svalbard when an ice chunk described as being as big as a house broke off and landed near the ship, causing a huge wave containing blocks of the shattered ice to sweep over the ship, lifting passengers from their feet and injuring them. Sixteen passengers are bringing a case against the tour company, saying that the captain sailed too close to the glacier and put lives at risk. One passenger said that there were broken limbs and a fractured skull among the injuries and that it was lucky there had been a GP among the passengers who, although injured himself, was able to treat other people’s injuries.