Antarctica Cruise Ship In Trouble

These small boats are ideal for the wet landings on the undeveloped shores of Antarctica but anyone with mobility problems might have to stay onboard the cruise ship.

Antarctica cruise ship in trouble. Anyone considering an Arctic or Antarctic cruise should be aware of the new IMO Polar Code that comes into full force on 1st Jan. The code will effect all large cruise ships current expedition vessels as they renew there 5 year certificates before 2022. In November 2007 another expedition cruise ship the Explorer photo below right sank in Antarctica and the passengers bobbed around in lifeboats.

Facundo Santana Reuters Just. Hans Hansson was once as a rescue boat in the Baltic Sea. Though a very brief discovery it was a 14-day cruise with only about one days time on Antarctic waters often at foggy.

As we crossed the Drake Passage we had a compulsory talk on environmental concerns in relation to the Antarctic and what we could and couldnt do. Silversea Confirms Three-Ship Antarctica Season Silversea put uncertainty about Antarctica expeditions resuming for the upcoming October to March season to rest by reaching an agreement with the Chilean authorities to depart from Punta Arenas. Updated My friend Jon Bowermaster a peripatetic kayaking filmmaker and travel writer alerted me overnight to a post he wrote on an unfolding maritime emergency as the cruise ship Clelia II struggled with limited power in extraordinarily violent seas halfway between the Antarctic Peninsula and Cape Horn.

Lonely Planet Writer. In November the ms Explorer hit an iceberg and sank. Seventeen British tourists are among 106 passengers and crew stranded today on an adventure cruise ship that has run aground in Antarctica.

When Lonely Planet contributor Edwina Hart boarded a ship in Chiles southernmost city Punta Arenas she knew she was in for an adventure a voyage to Antarctica. There are no cruise ship docks in Antarctica. Find a few Antarctic tours that appeal to you and call us at 888-484-2244 or 541-330-2454 to find out why the LA Times USA Today Conde Nast magazine and others consistently call us the Polar Travel Experts.

The 2400-tonne vessel the Explorer was carrying tourists from Britain Canada the United States and other countries when it ran into trouble near the South Shetland Islands in the Antarctic. The cruise ship Ushuaia sails in Antarctic waters in March 2008. As a small exploration boat it boasts the unique ability to reach special out of the ordinary destinations that are.