MV Explorer sinking in Antarctica

[Awakener23]

Change the title, it's the MS Explorer

[Zoologic21]

Dude, change the F*ckin' title, it was the MS explorer that sank, not the MV explorer. Your making every person who wants to apply to semester at sea freakin scared like me!

[Theg52art]

Not the MV Explorer which is famous for the Semester at sea program and not cool at all to make it seem as if it is.

[tratitionk]

пичалька

[MrCriticOfAll]

Titanic cruise re-enactment.

[VlogManInfinite]

antarctica is scary

[squidthompson]

MS not MV

[tupsumato]

@squidthompson, it's the same.

[squidthompson]

@tupsumato Nope. They are two different ships: the MS Explorer is the one in this video and was built in 1969; the MV Explorer is NOT the one in this video, and was built in 2002. You can even see in the video that they use MS Explorer in the captions.

[tupsumato]

@squidthompson, MV (motor vessel) and MS (motor ship) are prefixes that can be used interchangeably. They are not part of the ship's name.

[squidthompson]

@tupsumato Okay, well my point is that the MS Explorer and the MV Explorer are in fact two different ships.

[tupsumato]

@squidthompson, to me they are just two ships named "Explorer". Both can be called "MV Explorer" or "MS Explorer" depending on which hand you used to smell your fart in the morning ;)

[kevjay777]

I would sail with Nordic peoples like the crew here. They won't abandon you like the Greek assholes did on the Oceanus.

[boddies62]

£10000000000000000 it hit an iceburg

iceburgs 2-0 ships 

[GregDucati]

i hate watching lovely stuff like this ship sinking its such a shame :(

[kellilyn69]

now THIS is why im not going on the disney dream in antartika

[ArcolaBridge]

"hopes to save the ship are fading" What the hell? they havent faded they sank with the ship! Right? You cannot dig that thing out at this point to salvage it???

[ararat123457]

that captain is never getting another cruise ship

[oniondeluxe]

cool I just watched modern titanic.

[vividman100]

We were passing through ice as usual.We do that every day and something was hit the hull and we got a little leakage downstairs..?

[ArcolaBridge]

@vividman100 Magnify every thing he said by 1000! LOL

[SuperTitanicfreak]

What kind of damage did the Iceberg cause to the Explorer

[wafi0123]

nothing but environmental polution 

[iMinidude]

I watched this at school today.

[ToomuchBTUstoday]

All aboard were rescued not so with the Titanic if you live near waters like this run up to a wave in the winter time and stick your hand or foot in the water.Only for a second and watch out you don't get shock or a heart attack.Safety is not an option

[pierstheoneandonly]

An iceberg - in Antarctica. I mean, who would've thought it!

[tupsumato]

@pierstheoneandonly, at least this ship was strengthened for navigation in ice. They take tourists to Arctic and Antarctic waters with cruise ships that have no ice strengthening. "There isn't that many icebergs" they say. Well, it takes but one, as the captains of this ship and RMS Titanic found out...

[chica476]

@tupsumato

what nationstate does RMS belong to?

[tupsumato]

@chica476, RMS stands for "Royal Mail Ship", so it obviously belongs to the United Kingdom.

[mrperson296]

@tupsumato RMS does not stand for royal mail ship, it means Royal Mail Steamer.

[tupsumato]

@mrperson296, it can be used for both.

[mrperson296]

@tupsumato Not really...

[tupsumato]

@mrperson296, yes really. RMS used to be restricted to steam ships (hence monsters like RMMS for Royal Mail Motor Ship), but since their demise it has been used for all ships and has stood for "Royal Mail Ship".

[chena3]

icebergs.... 2

ships..... 0

[Roxienessbabe]

this is the MS EXPLORER... the M.V.EXPLORER is a Study at Sea ship.

[tupsumato]

@Roxienessbabe, it's just "Explorer". MS and MV are prefixes that mean roughly the same.

[lynchi33]

a little leakage downstairs...DUMB FUCKIN FUCK "of course there was a little leakage,it was fucking sinking"

[amartinjoe]

Iceberg 1 Ship 0

[reinar14]

it got me panic

[Biohazard16]

lol its Titanic all over again. You would think people would learn from the Titanic incident and not repeat history by making stronger ships. But how in the world did it hit an ice berg? Aren't cruise ships these days equip with sonar radars instead of crows nests? Shouldn't they have spotted the ice berg with the radar?

[tupsumato]

@Biohazard16, if I recall correctly, the ice that MS Explorer hit was underwater and could not be seen. Also, multiyear ice is so strong that even icebreakers avoid it if possible, so strengthening would've quite likely not helped. Watertight division of the lower hull could've, though.

[galoon]

@Biohazard16 True, but you can't build a ship that's impervious to an iceberg collision. If anything, this sinking shows that today's welded-hull ships really aren't that much stronger than the riveted Titanic, which was pretty well-built on the whole.

[mikethebassguy]

@galoon they had the technology in ww2 to do it. Look up project Habbakuk

[galoon]

@mikethebassguy An interesting project! I never knew anything about that one. It would have been totally impractical for passenger ships though--it was even deemed impractical for military vessels; for one thing, 40,000 tons of cork insulation would have been needed--more than the gross tonnage of the Queen Mary.

[mikethebassguy]

@galoon indeed it would not be cost effective, but to know that there was a way to prevent ice from melting, and on top of that making a ship out of it that could be as strong as suggested is just amazing to me.

[galoon]

@mikethebassguy It is amazing! I was surprised to learn recently that the Titanic's refrigeration holds were insulated with cork--so shipbuilders knew as far back as 1909 (when construction on Olympic & Titanic began) how effective it was at maintaining freezing temps.

[Baldgol4]

I hope the captain is now driving a taxi cab and not another ship.

[adamlinks]

Yes there was Titanic!

[LaMouleQuiCoule]

I was working on the Ocean Nova when it ran aground last february and thanks gd we didn't sink cause we were way out while these gys were in a relativly busy part of Antarctica with King George island and it's many stations near by

[acme181169]

this is the MS Explorer not the MV Explorer

[matdej]

Nord-Norge means Northern Norway! :)

[ihaveairlockers]

yeah... I know...

The best part is Bø i Vesterålen.

Good fishing, fresh whale steaks and cold beer.

Where do you come from ? Harstad ?

[MannenQ]

My mother used to work on this ship in the kitchen

[pierstheoneandonly]

@MannenQ

Lols. Think your ma would've been better on the bridge and the captain in the kitchen.

[MannenQ]

@pierstheoneandonly What I mean with Kitchen is Waitress.

[metalhead027]

sea full of icebergs + cruise ship = stupid

[soulblade08]

my father used to work on that cruise ship as 2nd Engineer..

[silenceinastorm12]

Titanic deja vu anyone? Hit an iceberg, had to go into the lifeboats, tried to pump the water back out but failed and had wait for hours for another ship to pick them up except thankfully everyone survived.

[jamike7]

should have been named the MS Piece of SHit.

[GTAstuntman101]

it is designed to take passengers to Antarctica

[kragier]

It was the first boat to go to Antarctica, and the first to sink there

[parcola1]

have you forgotten about titanic?

[MetalSanke]

@parcola1

The Titanic was nowhere near Antarctica you idiot.

[denizaks14]

leave antarctica alone. It's the last place humans haven't made a shithole out of.

[mariopatrick123]

well, newfoundland is complete shit. its pretty much all nature.

[vbirder]

Which makes it better than any shithole city I can think of.

[warlockmasta]

@denizaks14 not yet my friend. not yet.

[Vladivostok41]

@denizaks14 wow calm down. They're just looking at it, not building luxury condos.

[lewandlo]

@denizaks14 too late they live there too

[ricardolimpo]

@denizaks14 only because it doesn't belong to the USA.

[MrLocalman123]

@denizaks14 i agree with you :)

[NoLongerFooled]

@denizaks14 I couldn't agree more!

[EastHalo0Promotions]

@denizaks14 We didnt do anthing to it yet, all we did was explore it a little its not like we built buildings on it and besides. 38 nations have agreed to use Antarctica for only peaceful purposes.

[justfishingjustin]

@EastHalo0Promotions  like military bases?

[1GoLeggett1]

@justfishingjustin Yea haha, i bet the US or something have some sort of secret Air base or testing facility. Remote thousands of miles from any civilisation. perfect place to keep aliens or some shit

[EastHalo0Promotions]

@justfishingjustin No, Like for science and research.

[justfishingjustin]

@denizaks14 agreed

[blahblahblahe1]

To the reporter, it is NOT pronounced nord-norge as nord-norj.

It is pronounced Nor-Nor-ge!

Not nordnorge.

Gotta fight for the right pronounciation here, lol.

[tonyrobin]

You must forgive these ignorant English speaking reporters, they always think that every word in the world is pronounced as IN ENGLISH, they never ever learn

[myrnaloysboy]

yes bunch of bar stewards

[blahblahblahe1]

My father used to run this boat before, he was the maritime director.

He's working at seachefs, a crew & cruise company.

It was a great boat, I went on board once.

But didn't go on a cruise, because I'm afraid of small boats.

Because it sways as the wave pushes it.

[1814Brandan]

Is it true that the ship didn't have divided watertight compartments?

[ytsolarus]

Is there a product that is positive floatation foam in pressurized cylanders that can be released to fill compartments when there is a hull breach?

[LayItPlayItDown]

" It was actually very nice "

Said by the first officer = wow haha, you hear about how airline and captains of the sea never loose their calm side...

[LayItPlayItDown]

1:15

[robintimothycard]

I have Microsoft Explorer..It crashes a lot too.

[TheArkisBest]

Use google chrome!

[MrCookieSeller]

@robintimothycard Hahaha lol use google chrome :)

[Applejuicyreview]

@robintimothycard epic

[jaq62]

This ship was in Grise Fiord, NU, Canada that same year. I went on it with some other community members.

[dirtyshirtzz]

haha my dad used to manage the crew in that ship..

but he gave up on that ship there's so much problemsthen some months later this is what happened to it? wow glad no1 was hurt

n i been inside of it..

theres nothing to fancy inside of it.. its small

n being inside makes u feel so not safe

[blahblahblahe1]

Yup that's true.

That ship's too much problem.

My dad used to manage that ship too.

It's a shame, it was an old boat.

It's not a steady boat, though.

Even at the pier, it's swaying, lol.

[veedle96]

hey ship from norway ms.nordnorge im home in norway

[manuela4]

Conditions in those latitudes of the earth are harsh on many days of the year and it is not unheard of for companies to let their ships go down there and get a handsome payment from insurance companies rather than invest in a general overhaul which might well get the company into financial difficulties although that is NOT what I am insinuating in this incident.

[waddleduckie1]

No. Its the MS Explorer. I have the postcard of THAT ship! :-)

[Adoowrap]

dmgcat: yes it is other ships that do the same as the Explorer. The sister ship of the one that came to their rescue (MS Fram) is built for antarctic and polar expeditions.

[Jackle61]

I'm no ship design engineer, but, if you design a ship that is going to do duty in such an area, with these adverse conditions. Wouldn't you design it with water tight bulkheads and cabins?, so when (not if) something like this happens, you just seal off that compartment and go on your merry way.

[saltydog45]

It was double hulled.Which means a sealed hull within a hull.But with cold water and steel,anything is possible as the ship was forty years old.Who knows? Maybe a weld let go from the impact as welding technology has come a long way in forty years.

[dirtyshirtzz]

its an old crappy ship...

even the crew didnt wanna work there

but they had no choice..

bcoz yeah they kinda need the money

i was even surprize it lasted that long

i always thought it'd sink any minute

when i was at that ship

[cruisemate]

What nonsens is that..... My collegue was reliving 1st officer, (not the man speaking here but his reliver) He quit his job as chief oifficer on a swedish flagged tanker built in norway 1998 to go to work on the explorer. He even took a pay cut to get to work there.

the explorer had been doing this for 40 years so "sinking any minute" is probebly not right. verry long minutes in that case.

[lasuvidaboy]

MS and MV is the same. MS/MV stands for motor ship or motor vessel-a ship which is powered by Diesel engines. SS is short for steamship which is a different type of engine and now rare. There can be more than one ship w/the same name as long as their port/country of registry is different.

[CecilBDeMille]

This is the MS Explorer, NOT the MV Explorer!! The MV Explorer is currently sailing the globe as the "Semester at Sea" ship.

[goldenwake]

That ship was actually a very good ship.

[dmgcat]

Im just curious are there any other cruise liners that do the job of the Explorer and are there more Antarctic cruises these days then say, 10 years ago? To the crew of the MV Im sorry for your loss.

[CheeezMaster]

40 years of floating. a few hours of sinking.

[zolydo]

the antartica is of Chile thank's for all

[pacpiners]

Than217 and youdirtball U have no idea. My brother and uncle were on the ship at the time. They only got home today

[jospi69]

I think this was more adventure than they had asked for...

[argbasura]

Thank's for all Chile.

[lucia531]

youdirtball, i doubt you would know.

im so glad that everyone was safe. i would have been so scared if i was them

[jimmiejack4]

If you'd like some warm weather... go to "Revolutionary Lives" !!!!

[youdirtball]

Reports said a "Fist-sized hole"? that's easily plugged.

Either it hit a submerged rock due to negligence, or there's some insurance scam at work.

[aurorafromdownunder]

youdirtball - I don't think there's any rock in that area and I reckon ice as big as some of those bergs is far more powerful anyway. But I do agree about potential insurance scam

[youdirtball]

Yeah I guess everyone has a theory. The answer is now buried in an inaccessible ocean.

I was on the Explorer twice; once in Antarctica, once in the upper Amazon. Just hated to lose her sink under such questionable circumstances.

I've got a video posted from 1998 if you're interested,

search for "Ten Minute Antarctica"

[cruisemate]

Potential insurance scam ? By who ? Did the crew make the damage to the hull by them selfs ?

Come on ! By the way the ships seinor officers like the kapten and 1 officer are Sweds hired trew a swedish crewing agency. Can you in your wildest dreams, dream that they would be a part of such a scam ? Why would they destoy their work place ?

[youdirtball]

How 'bout the question: "Why couldn't the watertight doors be secured?" Oh, the frames were warped 'cause the hull is tweaked from too many years of metal fatigue. It would cost $thousands as part of a very expensive drydocking to fix them. Oh well, try not to hit anything. But if you have a problem, we'll just let it go down.

[cruisemate]

Or if it starts to sink try to fix it... If you can´t rescue the passangers at all cost.

No one died. A old lady lays at the bottom.... Life goes on. When a ships sinks it is alwas a succses for the crew if everyone is safe.

[1432jer1432]

how crazy is that? Thank God they were saved.

go to my channel and watch Up on the Mountain

[than217]

Was the captain drunk or something? How did he manage to sink a ship with radar, watertight doors, and pumps. And don't say it was an 'underwater iceberg' because ice floats morons.

Say it ran aground before admitting you're enough of an idiot to think ice sinks.

"oh but theres that one type of ice that sinks right?"

fools

[nevermore1000]

Boats float, too.

[beer1for2break3fast4]

There always is much more ice under water than on the surface. That part you see above water is only the tip.

[Rickyrab]

ok, so what sank the "Titanic"? Yeah - an iceberg. And icebergs are MOSTLY underwater, even though ice floats, because only their tops stick out of the water.

[aurorafromdownunder]

Why do you think use the expression "tip of the iceberg". These things are huge and over 80% are above the surface. I've seen (and heard - it's deafening) them turning. But I do agree about the ship hitting one in the first place. That stretch of water is covered in ice and the ship should be geared up for it. Also, can't believe the life boats weren't modern enclosed vessels.

[oblivion2001]

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[cRAziRanDiCaNdi]

MAN! Im glad I wasn't on that boat. I thought they had more technology since the Titanic sank...I love that movie. I used to sing the Celine Deon songs when I was little! Lol!

[SoloWing808]

this is a 40 year old piece of crap ship. its nothing compared to modern cruise ships. I think its about time it went out of commission.

[1stkingpenguin]

What the hell do you know about ships. This ship set the standards for Expedition cruising

[bunniebopz]

Hmmmmm... kinda gives me dajavoi ~titanic~(I think thats how u spell it!) yeah anyway it's so sad but I just hope that everyone who was involved in that has recovered from the shock!

[aurorafromdownunder]

déjà vu = French for already seen :-)