The Transport Safety Board’s investigation into the 2018 grounding of the Akademik Ioffe found safety protocols were overlooked and the crew was travelling in territory unknown to them with limited information. (Photo courtesy of @oceansensing/Twitter)
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Transport Safety Board issues findings nearly 3 years after the Akademik Ioffe grounded north of Kugaaruk
Navigators of a cruise ship that ran aground in Nunavut three years ago did not have proper mapping for the area it was travelling in, and ignored some safety protocols, an investigation by the Transportation Safety Board found.
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