BBC GraphicThe cruise liner, MV Explorer, is listing at 25°, after hitting an unknown object, near the South Shetland Islands. The captain and his first officer are still on board the vessel. All 100 passengers and 54 crew on the ship have taken to the life boats.
The MV Explorer was built for Linblad travel, in the late 1960s. Commissioned by Lars-Eric Lindblad, as the world’s first custom built expedition ship, she left the builder’s yard at Nystad, Finland, on December 14, 1969, and began a series of cruises to locations not previously visited by passenger ships.
Via BYM News, read the full article by Cathy McLean, here.
CNN is reporting that the ship is expected to sink.
BBC is reporting that she hit ice, and that the pumps are keeping up
11:08 UTC update via BYM: The MV Explorer is taking on water faster and is now listing at 45° according to the Coast Guard, in Ushuaia, Argentina. A spokesman told BYM News that they have lost radio contact with the vessel, but believe this is only because the captain is too busy with attempts to save his ship and not because she has been abandoned.
(Ed. note: I know a number of folks that have sailed with Linblad and reported nothing but good things.)
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