A Carnival Cruise Line ship grazed a piece of ice during an Alaska cruise last week. “Carnival Spirit made contact with an errant piece of drifting ice last Thursday while sailing in Tracy Arm ...

Cruise ship Carnival Spirit underwent checks on its hull after it struck an “errant piece of drifting ice” while sailing in Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska.

Cruise Ship 'Made Contact' with Large Piece of Ice in What Passenger Called a 'Titanic Moment' ... The Carnival Spirit cruise ship travels in Canada in 2003. Peter Bischoff/Getty.

In 2007, in an incident The New York Times dubbed the "modern Titanic," a small cruise ship struck ice, causing a fist-sized hole that let water into the engine room and caused the power to fail.