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Planning a cruise for 2008? There seem to have been a few cruise ship accidents during 2007, especially among Antarctic cruise lines, and the year finished with one more small incident.

A Norwegian cruise ship carrying 300 passengers of varying nationalities hit a glacier over the weekend in the Antarctic region. The MS Fram, which sails for the Hurtigruten cruise line, suffered a power outage of about 45 minutes and this meant the ship drifted into a glacier. The collision was relatively gentle and only a railing and one lifeboat were damaged, and all the passengers were unharmed - if a little nervous.

The good news for the passengers on the MS Fram was that after the power was restored and the ship moved safely away from the glacier, the captain announced that free drinks were available for everyone. The ship returned to anchor in an area free of ice, west of King George Island, and all passengers remained on board.

Hopefully 2008 will bring better luck to cruise ship passengers hoping to enjoy an incident-free journey - perhaps it would be nice to find more ships that throw in free drinks without having a crash first!