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Rothera Research Station plane crash [16] near the Rothera Research Station, Antarctica 2010 Aircraft: 4 Terre Adélie helicopter crash [17] near the Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adélie, Antarctica 1946 Aircraft: 3 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash [18] Thurston Island, Antarctica 1958 Aircraft: 3 Marguerite Bay plane crash [19] Marguerite Bay ...
A cruise ship has found itself at the epicentre of an Antarctic storm – after last minute changes to the itinerary left some passengers fuming. “Never book a cruise with Norwegian Cruise Line ...
The Coast Guard is investigating recent casualties involving U.S. citizens, alongside other authorities.
Swan Hellenic’s SH Diana diverted from Antarctica due to mechanical difficulties Passengers stage hunger strike on luxury Antarctica cruise after missing out on dream holiday Skip to main content
The ship was towed and beached. 33 people died while around 200 passengers were rescued. [51] 33 2012 Italy: Costa Concordia – The Italian cruise ship ran aground, capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January off the Isola del Giglio, killing 32 people (27 passengers and 5 crewmembers) out of 3,216 passengers and 1,013 crewmembers aboard. 32
MS Explorer or MV Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. She was the first cruise ship to sink there, [3] after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. All passengers and crew were rescued. [4] The ship was commissioned and operated by the ...
The cruise, a hybrid diesel-electric that carries 192 passengers and 127 crew, boasts “5-star facilities,” including a panoramic sauna, open-deck jacuzzi, and a “world-class restaurant.”
The captain ordered the ship, with 347 passengers and crew, to be abandoned early in the morning. A distress call was issued just after 2 a.m. while it was near Cape Dolphin, the northerly point of East Falkland, Falkland Islands. The news agency reported that 90 of the ship's 347 passengers and crew were air-lifted to safety from life rafts.