Cruise Ship 'Made Contact' with Large Piece of Ice in What Passenger Called a 'Titanic Moment'

Mar. 15, 2025

A cruise ship struck a large floating piece of ice in Alaska last week in a scene one passenger called a “Titanic moment.“On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Carnival Spirit cruise ship was traversing the notoriously icy Tracy Arm Fjord when it “made contact with an errant piece of drifting ice,” a spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement to PEOPLE.Ina video shared to TikTok of the cruise— which departed from Seattle, Wash. on Sept. 3 — user Cassandra Goskie documented the moment. “If we die it was damn-well worth it, it’s a Titanic moment,” Goskie said in the clip as the ship approached the ice, which appeared to make contact with its right side. “Oh gosh. We’re hitting it. Damn.“Thankfully, she wrote, the ice “didn’t do any damage that caused us to use any emergency procedures.“The Carnival Spirit cruise ship travels in Canada in 2003.Peter Bischoff/GettyA Carnival spokesperson confirmed there was an assessment that determined there was “no damage to the ship’s hull” as the boat “continued on its cruise” with “no impact to operations.” CNN reports that no one on board the ship was hurt.The footage itself showed multiple passengers on the side of the ship with their phones out, recording the large chunk of blue-tinged ice as the Spirit sailed right toward it. In the video’s caption, Goskie commended Carnival staff on how they responded to the ice, writing, “The crew did an amazing job at [assessing] the damage and keep all of its crew and passengers safe and informed!“The Carnival Spirit cruise ship is docked in Sydney Harbor in April 2015.PETER PARKS/AFP via GettyWhile CNN reports that passenger Saurabh Singhal said the ship was stopped “for hours to assess damages,” the ship reportedly returned to Seattle as planned after its seven-day cruise on Tuesday, Sept. 10, before embarking again on a 14-day trip to Alaska.

A cruise ship struck a large floating piece of ice in Alaska last week in a scene one passenger called a “Titanic moment.”

On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Carnival Spirit cruise ship was traversing the notoriously icy Tracy Arm Fjord when it “made contact with an errant piece of drifting ice,” a spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement to PEOPLE.

Ina video shared to TikTok of the cruise— which departed from Seattle, Wash. on Sept. 3 — user Cassandra Goskie documented the moment. “If we die it was damn-well worth it, it’s a Titanic moment,” Goskie said in the clip as the ship approached the ice, which appeared to make contact with its right side. “Oh gosh. We’re hitting it. Damn.”

Thankfully, she wrote, the ice “didn’t do any damage that caused us to use any emergency procedures.”

The Carnival Spirit cruise ship travels in Canada in 2003.Peter Bischoff/Getty

Peter Bischoff/Getty

A Carnival spokesperson confirmed there was an assessment that determined there was “no damage to the ship’s hull” as the boat “continued on its cruise” with “no impact to operations.” CNN reports that no one on board the ship was hurt.

The footage itself showed multiple passengers on the side of the ship with their phones out, recording the large chunk of blue-tinged ice as the Spirit sailed right toward it. In the video’s caption, Goskie commended Carnival staff on how they responded to the ice, writing, “The crew did an amazing job at [assessing] the damage and keep all of its crew and passengers safe and informed!”

The Carnival Spirit cruise ship is docked in Sydney Harbor in April 2015.PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty

PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty

While CNN reports that passenger Saurabh Singhal said the ship was stopped “for hours to assess damages,” the ship reportedly returned to Seattle as planned after its seven-day cruise on Tuesday, Sept. 10, before embarking again on a 14-day trip to Alaska.

source: people.com