This week a Canadian court ordered the owners of the M/V Clipper Adventurer to pay pollution related costs and fines arising of of an incident in August of 2010 when the vessel struck a large rock shelf near Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
The owners and operators of the Clipper Adventurer claimed that the ship was not informed
CBC News in Canada is reporting that the owners of the M/V Clipper Adventurer, which ran aground last summer in the Nothwest Passage, is suing the Canadian government.
Adventurer Owner Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas, is seeking at least $15 million from Canada, including $12 million in repair and salvage costs for damage to the vessel’s hull, $2.6 million for loss
The Nunatsiaq News published an interesting article this morning, entitled "Clipper Adventurer Ran Into A Known Expert Says."
You will recall that following the grounding of the Clipper Adventurer cruise ship in the Canadian Arctic on August 27th, the cruise operator issued a press statement claiming that the cruise ship ran aground on an "uncharted rock." The
Canada’s National Post reports that a cruise ship has run aground in the Arctic.
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The newspaper reports that the Clipper Adventurer, operated by Adventure Canada and carrying around 200 passengers and crew, ran aground Friday evening in "three meters of water." The location of the grounding is about 55 nautical miles from Coppermine, Nunavut, near