Rogue Wave Hit This Cruise Ship - Nobody Expected What Happened | Caledonian Star
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The bridge windows exploded inward, navigation equipment went dark, communications went silent. The ship was now somewhere between South America and Antarctica carrying over 200 people
A rogue wave is not simply a very large storm wave. It is a wave that forms suddenly when multiple swells converge and amplify each other
The conclusion was direct and impossible to argue with. Rogue waves were real. They were not rare, and the statistical models that had governed ship design for decades were wrong.
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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