The Torrent Shipwreck Project “Imagine a summer day 140 years ago. A wooden bark is sailing close along the rugged, uncharted coast of Cook Inlet, Alaska. The mariners aboard have no sonar, no GPS, no depth sounder, no radar, and no emergency radio. Crashing waves break along a ridge of black reefs a mile offshore, [...]

Anchorage Daily News – The small cruise ship that grounded in Glacier Bay Alaska earlier this week continues to experience problems. While enroute from Juneau to Ketchikan for repairs, the 178ft U.S. flagged vessel reported it was taking on water, and diverted to Wrangell, Alaska to investigate a possible crack in the hull. There were [...]

Photo UPDATE:  The SPIRIT OF GLACIER BAY was refloated successfully in Tarr Inlet yesterday evening.  The passengers were evacuated from the vessel and returned to Juneau prior to the vessel refloating.  No pollution was reported, and the vessels propulsion is operational.

U.S. Coast Guard press release. The 178ft U.S. flagged cruise ship SPIRIT OF GLACIER BAY went aground on a sand bar in Tarr Inlet deep within the Glacier Bay National Park. No injuries or significant damage reported thus far. Looks like the plan is to re-float at the next high tide, 1740 ADT. The ship [...]

The Coast Guard conducted a MEDEVAC of a crew member from the M/V Navios Galaxy 1 off of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.  Video can be found here.  Photo courtesey of the U.S. Coast Guard.