CNN —One passenger was killed and four injured when a “rogue wave” hit their cruise ship during a storm earlier this week.
The passengers had been taking an Antarctic cruise aboard the Viking Polaris when it was hit by the storm as it sailed towards Ushuaia, Argentina, late on Tuesday evening.
The storm caused a giant wave that broke several panes of glass on the cruise ship and these fell onto and killed an American woman.
The boat arrived in Argentina Wednesday and had sustained “limited damage” during the incident, Viking Cruises said.
The US National Ocean Service describes rogue waves as being “very unpredictable” and says they often come unexpectedly from directions other than prevailing wind and waves.”