Asia, Globe | Incredible Ruins
Both eerie and impressive to behold, this half-sunken sea-liner has been laying, tipped to one side, and half-submerged for over nine years. Once a globetrotting cruise ship, and the first ship to ever transit the Northwest Passage, a fateful date with an uncharted reef ended it’s seafaring career for good.
While everyone aboard was safely evacuated, the ship began to list as it was brought into Roderick Bay and the captain had no choice but to ground it, lest it sink entirely. The ship still rests there to this day and has become something of a tourist’s attraction.
Several salvage companies have made attempts to retrieve the ship, but found that it had already been ransacked by locals during the civil war the Solomon Islands endured. In addition, tidal activity has caused further damage to the structure and surface rusting. It is likely that this ship will remain in its place for a long time to come, until it slowly crumbles into the ocean.
