Norwegian cruise ship rescues shipwrecked dog
Say what you will about NCL America, the much-maligned, Hawaii-based subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line, but they do go the extra mile for pets.
The word from Honolulu today is that the line's 2002-passenger Pride of Aloha has rescued an eight-month-old pooch that was shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island.
The company says the ship returned to the Hawaiian Islands this morning with the cuddly cocker spaniel, who goes by the name Snickers, after scooping him up from Fanning Island earlier this week during a 12-day Pacific cruise.
Snickers and his owners, a California couple, had been marooned on Fanning Island in December, when their 48-foot-long sailboat, the Darla Jean, washed up on shore after spending 95 days drifting across the Pacific. After several weeks the couple was able to bum a ride on an inter-island supply ship to make it home. But Latitude 38, a sailing magazine that wrote about the dog's plight last month, says the supply ship wouldn't allow the dog on board, and so its owners left it behind.
Snickers now is heading to a new home in land-locked Las Vegas (he's apparently had enough of Pacific islands). Norwegian says Las Vegas resident Jack Joslin heard of Snickers' plight and called the Hawaiian Humane Society, which in turn asked NCL America for help in rescuing the dog and getting him to Joslin (Joslin himself offers a wonderful recap of the saga this week at sailing site Cruisers Forum).
No word yet on what Snickers ate on board the Pride of Aloha -- like other ships in the Norwegian fleet known for its "Freestyle" dining. But we're sure he was given lots of options.
Cruise Loggers, if any of you were on the Pride of Aloha this week, we'd love to hear a full report.
The word from Honolulu today is that the line's 2002-passenger Pride of Aloha has rescued an eight-month-old pooch that was shipwrecked on a remote Pacific island.
The company says the ship returned to the Hawaiian Islands this morning with the cuddly cocker spaniel, who goes by the name Snickers, after scooping him up from Fanning Island earlier this week during a 12-day Pacific cruise.
Snickers and his owners, a California couple, had been marooned on Fanning Island in December, when their 48-foot-long sailboat, the Darla Jean, washed up on shore after spending 95 days drifting across the Pacific. After several weeks the couple was able to bum a ride on an inter-island supply ship to make it home. But Latitude 38, a sailing magazine that wrote about the dog's plight last month, says the supply ship wouldn't allow the dog on board, and so its owners left it behind.
Snickers now is heading to a new home in land-locked Las Vegas (he's apparently had enough of Pacific islands). Norwegian says Las Vegas resident Jack Joslin heard of Snickers' plight and called the Hawaiian Humane Society, which in turn asked NCL America for help in rescuing the dog and getting him to Joslin (Joslin himself offers a wonderful recap of the saga this week at sailing site Cruisers Forum).
No word yet on what Snickers ate on board the Pride of Aloha -- like other ships in the Norwegian fleet known for its "Freestyle" dining. But we're sure he was given lots of options.
Cruise Loggers, if any of you were on the Pride of Aloha this week, we'd love to hear a full report.
