Just over a month after the cruise ship M/S Explorer hit an ice floe and sank in the Antarctic, a new Norwegian cruise ship, M/S Fram carrying some 300 people, lost engine power and drifted into a glacier, resulting in a crushed lifeboat but apparently no injuries.

The Fram drifted into the ice late Dec. 28 near Browns Bluff in the Antarctic, according to a company spokesperson, and continued bumping up against the glacier for several minutes before power was restored, according to a Hurtigruten cruise line spokesperson.

After the engine started again, the cruise ship sailed to an ice-free area west of King George Island and anchored off Chile's Eduardo Frei base pending an inspection. Damage to the ship was reported to not be serious.

A spokesperson said there were no injuries among the 276 passengers and 70 crew members.

The 12,700-ton Fram is a new ship custom built for Arctic and Antarctic voyages.

The accident comes just over a month after 150 passengers and crew were forced to take to lifeboats after the expedition cruise ship Explorer hit an ice floe in the Antarctic, and subsequently sank.

Interestingly, all of the passengers aboard the Explorer were rescued by a sister ship of the Fram, the cruise ship Nordnorge.