Today, the largest cruise ship ever to try and navigate the NorthWest Passage is sailing from Seward, Alaska in an effort to reach New York via Canada and Greenland.
Much has been written about the environmental damage which will be caused by the Crystal Serenity over the nearly 1,000 mile journey. The Telegraph published an
Le Télégramme reports that a British chef was found hanging in his cabin aboard the Crystal Serenity cruise ship.
The ship left Bordeaux yesterday for Brest. The crew member was found in his cabin Saturday morning.
The investigation and the autopsy reportedly will be held in Bordeaux.
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This is the third alleged suicide by hanging
The headline in the Asbury Park Press stunned me – “Crystal: A luxury cruise line with a conscience.”
Surely this must be a joke I thought, given Crystal’s dreadful environmental record of polluting the oceans and air.
But the article was serious. it talked about Crystal donating used furniture to a “Spanish organization