Antarctic Explorer Cruise Ship Hits Ice Sinking !!

More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after their cruise ship hit ice in the Antarctic and started sinking on Friday, the ship's owner and coast guard officials said.
A Norwegian passenger boat in the area safely picked up all the occupants of the Explorer from the lifeboats they used to flee the ship when it ran into problems off King George Island in Antarctica at 5:24 a.m. 23 november 2007 British time

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Antarctic
• Explorer
• Cruise
• Ship
• Boat
• Hits
• ice
• Sinking
• Antarctica
• Expedition
• shipwrecked
• Glacier
• Icebreaker

[tomburley]

I reckon with some waterproof sealant and a splash of paint it could be sold "as new" on ebay!

[iamdooingyermom]

only chuck norris boat can survive icebergs

[kopronko]

Welll, at this mighty expensiveness, still without super-sonars ???!!!???

[tupsumato]

@kopronko, no.

[MsHuntert]

@iamdooingyermom u are dang right

[hacktheplanet000]

still sometimes, the sea prevails.

[kopronko]

Doesn't such ships have a goood sonars, to detect all kind of stuff in front of it , to avoid crashes ? ! ? ! ?

[Gman6755]

what a beautiful ship! It must have killed her owners to see that fine ship go down! Some video of this event would have been nice!

[Thekitty0706fan]

@Baseshocks well i guess that water tigt door is true ince the ship was found on a island not to long ago

and i doubt that it slided cross the ocean floor :D

[Baseshocks]

@Thekitty0706fan depends on how its built.  i also assume they closed all water tight doors before leaving the ship. other then that... fuck if i know........

[Thekitty0706fan]

It doesent look like it sinks

Why? Shouldent ships like these sink in minutes after the water comes up on the side

[janmadytay]

poor old girl...