A 62-year-old American woman was pronounced dead after a ârogue waveâ slammed into a Viking cruise ship en route to Antarctica. The ârogue wave incidentâ occurred at around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday as the Viking Polaris was sailing to Ushuaia, Argentinaâapproximately 2,000 miles south of Buenos Ariesâbefore departing for Antarctica next week, Viking said in a statement.