A Carnival Cruise ship conjured up comparisons to the infamous “unsinkable” ship after colliding with a piece of floating ice last week, albeit, much less dramatically than the Titanic once did.
The Carnival Spirit hit a large chunk of ice while sailing through Alaskan waters on Thursday. Nobody was injured, and the ship was ultimately undamaged, a Carnival spokesperson told Business Insider.
Videos of the incident quickly started circulating on social media, as well as news coverage of the collision, including one CNN report that referred to the mass as an “iceberg.”
A spokesperson for Carnival, however, said the ice was not an iceberg, in fact, but an “errant piece of drifting ice.”
“An assessment determined no damage to the ship’s hull, and the vessel continued on its cruise, and there has been no impact to operations,” the spokesperson said.
The vessel was making its way through Tracy Arm Fjord, a waterway south of Juneau that is known for its …