http://seattlest.com/2007/05/14/land_ho_empress_of_the_north_runs_aground_in_alaska.php All comments for Land Ho! Empress of the North Runs Aground in Alaska en-us 2009 seattle_katelyn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kbhackett@gmail.com kbhackett@gmail.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2007/05/14/land_ho_empress_of_the_north_runs_aground_in_alaska.php#comment-1092577 http://seattlest.com/2007/05/14/land_ho_empress_of_the_north_runs_aground_in_alaska.php#comment-1092577 Comments Mon, 14 May 2007 17:02:55 -0800 <p>I sure hope they get it back up and running. I've already marked my calendar for the day that sucker passes through the locks here in Seattle ... now that I've got to see!</p> http://seattlest.com/2007/05/14/land_ho_empress_of_the_north_runs_aground_in_alaska.php#comment-1092198 http://seattlest.com/2007/05/14/land_ho_empress_of_the_north_runs_aground_in_alaska.php#comment-1092198 Comments Mon, 14 May 2007 11:45:24 -0800 <p>Your guess about wandering "off the beaten path" was also the unattributed guess of an NWCN reporter who said that the boat's shallow draft and narrow width (which is called something else in nautical-ese) allows it to hug the coastline more closely than the big cruise ships. Her suggestion was that that's offered as a selling point for the boat. But maybe she based her report on yours without calling it a guess.</p>