A Canadian cruise ship sunk after it hit an ice floe and punctured a hole in it's hull the size of your fist.All 300 passengers have been rescued. But more than 150 of the passengers were stranded for hours in ice cold waters sitting waiting for help. They were picked up by a Norwegian passenger boat looking for them. One told the reporter that, "There was wind, and it was very cold, and we were wet because of the waves". All of the passengers families have been contacted and been told that they (the passengers) are safe. Most of the passengers are now on their way to America to get to their homes.
It was making it's usual 2 week cruise for 8,000 dollars a cabin. It was was smaller than most cruise ships and was made in 1969. It had 5 deficiencies at it's last inspection including a watertight door. It also had missing search and rescue plans. The passengers had a wide variety including Belgium, Australia,Canada, China, Britain,Denmark, Holland, France, Germany, Ireland,Hong Kong, Switzerland, Japan, and the United States. The cruise ships usually took passengers to the Antarctic
waters to look at icebergs while the weather was still relatively good.
