More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt as the M/S Explorer cruise ship hit an iceberg on Friday, 23 November, off the coast of the Antarctica. However, due to poor weather conditions, the shipwrecked passengers were stranded on bases in Antarctica until Saturday.
(Photos by: Chilean Navy The Explorer reported a malfunction in the HPC.)
( Chilean Air Force assists passengers off the cruise ship. Passengers were evacuated by lifeboat. )
(photo by: Crew Ary Rongel)
The Explorer still on the surface. When the Chilean Navy arrived, represented by its vessel of searches antárticas ALTE VIEL, oM / V EXPLORER had sunk. Source: ALIDE |
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