Gap Adventures MV Explorer SinksAntarctica » Antarctica | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The little red Antarctic explorer sinks - many people have fond memories of this little boat. Originally part of "GAP Adventures - experiences?" | |||||||||||||||||||||
mathieustruck Mathieu Struck Post Count: 1 Msg: #1 731 days ago, November 23rd 2007 | Indeed, interesting thread. | And now we have this: the MV Explorer (a GAP ship) was hit just a few hours ago by an iceberg (or the iceberg was hit by the ship) near the argentinian coast. Apparently, everyone was saved. I only found links to this subject in portuguese and in french, but they will be in english soon: (in portuguese ) (in french ) Btw, did someone win the contest ? ;-) [Edited: 16:16 - mathieustruck ] Kannafoot Ronald Correia Post Count: 5 Msg: #2 731 days ago, November 23rd 2007 | There's an English article here: | http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1843802007 This one sentance was interesting: But despite its long history, it was also reported that the Explorer has struck trouble before in Antarctica, running aground on rocks off Weincke Island in December 1979. [Edited: 12:06 - Ali ] The River Guy Tom Frye Post Count: 1 Msg: #3 731 days ago, November 23rd 2007 | And here is yet another link in English: | Stricken ship evacuated off Antarctica By now, this has become worldwide news and one of the top 5 stories on Yahoo! And why not? How often does a potential Titanic disaster actually happen? Every one hundred years? The Botton Line: For TRULY adventurous travel, GAP Adventures might have the trip for you ... [Edited: 19:41 - Administration - Link created] Ali Ali Watters Post Count: 3865 Msg: #4 730 days ago, November 24th 2007 | BBC Report - this one is getting a lot of coverage. Not sure if this is good or bad for Gap Adventures - all publicity is good publicity? | Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 4 | ||||||||||||