Rogue Wave Hit This Cruise Ship - Nobody Expected What Happened | Caledonian Star

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On the morning of March 2nd, 2001, a wall of water thirty meters high struck the expedition cruise ship Caledonian Star in the Drake Passage — and vanished in seconds. No distress call got through. Navigation gone. Radio silent. 200+ people adrift between South America and Antarctica. Episodes: 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - About The Ship 04:10 - Journey to the Bottom of the World 07:30 - Entering the Drake Passage 10:15 - Rogue Wave Hit 12:50 - Fight for Survival 14:40 - Rescue Mission 16:00 - MS Bremen and the Scientific Revolution 17:30 - Why No One Died on the Caledonian Star #RogueWave #CaledonianStar #DrakePassage

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