Antarctica Cruise Ship In Trouble

Ships that take passengers ashore use Rigid Inflatable Boats RIBs or Zodiacs powered by outboard engines rather than tenders.

Antarctica cruise ship in trouble. Facundo Santana Reuters Just. We discussed these events in. Seventeen British tourists are among 106 passengers and crew stranded today on an adventure cruise ship that has run aground in Antarctica.

The cruise ship Ushuaia sails in Antarctic waters in March 2008. 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. How to choose your Antarctica Cruise ship - YouTube.

Hans Hansson was once as a rescue boat in the Baltic Sea. 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. 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.

Lonely Planet Writer. Though a very brief discovery it was a 14-day cruise with only about one days time on Antarctic waters often at foggy. His subsequent research findings raise an alarm about how we.

Cruise ship with 165 souls on board limps into port at four knots An Antarctic cruise ship with 88 American passengers and 77 crew members aboard sustained damage after. It doesnt matter what ship or expedition you are on there are lots of landing rulesand theyre consistent and all about common sense and protecting the environment. The Clelia II ran into a bit of trouble a year ago when it scraped its hull on some underwater rocks.

There is also concern about the impact of the increasing number of visitors - more than 1000 on the larger ships compared with about 100 on the smaller ones. The number of tourists visiting the continent has more than trebled in the last decade from about 4000 to 14000 according to Scott Altman of the Antarctica Project. 6202 on Crystal Symphony was aptly named Antarctic Discovery.