Cruise-ship evacuation exercise begins as luxury liner prepares for Arctic Ocean transit

The U.S. Northern Command and Coast Guard have launched a major field-training exercise off Alaska’s northwest coast. Arctic Chinook is intended to demonstrate how local, state and federal agencies would respond to a simulated cruise ship accident. Coincidentally, a big luxury cruise ship will sail through the area while the exercise is under way. And to further complicate things, bad weather has just set in.
A member of the Stratton’s crew signals to the pilot of a Coast Guard helic