One passenger has died and four others have been injured when a rouge wave hit the expedition cruise ship Viking Polaris in the waters of Antarctica, Buenos Aires Times reports.

‘The accident occurred last Tuesday at 10:40 p.m. local time (01:40 a.m. GMT on Wednesday, November 30) when the Norwegian-flagged cruise ship "Viking Polaris" was hit by a large wave, which caused several glass panels to break in the booths,” the report said.

The ship, which had entered service earlier this year, hit the wave while sailing towards Ushuaia, 3,200 km south of Buenos Aires, a Viking company source in Norway said.

"It is with great sadness that we confirm that a passenger passed away after the incident. We have notified the guest's family and shared our deepest condolences," the source was quoted as saying.

Viking Polaris is of 30,150 gross tons and thereby one of the largest expedition cruise vessels.The ship and its sister Viking Octantis were built by VARD, part of Fincantieri.