(Note: We made an error, the above photo is of the EXPLORER II)
In breaking news the BBC tells us;
More than 150 tourists and crew have been rescued off Argentina from an expedition ship, after it hit ice.
The M/S Explorer began listing close to King George Island in the Antarctic Ocean, near the South Shetland Islands.
Susan Hayes, of Gap Adventures, which owns the ship, said some 100 passengers and 54 crew members were evacuated to lifeboats and then to another ship.
She said the vessel left Ushuaia on Argentina’s southern tip on 11 November on a 19-day trip to the Drake Passage.
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it was informed at 0524 GMT on Friday of the incident involving the 2,400-tonne vessel. read more…
