A Canadian Cruise Ship Struck Submerged Ice Off Antarctica A
Chilean NavyAssociated Press Twelve Canadians are among the 154 people.
A canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off antarctica a. A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began taking on water but all 154 passengers and crew Americans and Britons. 154 rescued from sinking ship near Antarctica. An American on board the MS Enterprise when it hit an iceberg off Antarctica last week tells TODAY she thought was going to die and wanted a.
23 that it struck submerged ice sprung a fist-sized leak and was doomed by uncontrollable flooding doesnt hold water for. Within the last four years six cruise ships have hit ice or rocks in Antarctica. The Explorer sank at 1900 GMT on Friday November 23.
154 safe after ship hits ice sinks in Antarctic The Liberian-flagged cruise ship is seen sinking after it hit an object in Antarctic waters some 880 kilometers southeast of Ushuaia. The MS Explorer was purpose-built for the Antarctic a nimble expedition cruise ship with an ice-reinforced hull that pioneered the polar tourism trade in. Indeed the initial explanation of the ships sinking on Nov.
All passengers and crew took to lifeboats and were carried to safety by a passing cruise ship. In one incident a cruise ship. High winds and poor visibility kept the shipwrecked passengers stuck in barracks on bases in Antarctica on Saturday a day after their cruise ship struck ice and sank.
A Utah woman was among the 154 passengers and crew of a Canadian cruise ship that struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking Friday morning. A Canadian cruise ship struck ice off Antarctica and began taking on water but all 154 passengers and crew took to lifeboats and were rescued safely Friday by a passing Norwegian liner officials. All the passengers and crew were safely evacuated to life boats and later picked up by the cruise ship MS Nordange.
The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. The Canadians were among 154 passengers and crew aboard the MS Explorer which took on water Friday after developing a fist-sized hole in its hull when it struck a submerged chunk of ice. Ship accidents in Antarctica raise ecological and safety concerns.
