Cruise ship carrying 105 aground in Antarctica

[XemaSab]

Source: SF Chronicle

A cruise ship with 64 passengers and 41 crew members aboard ran aground near an Argentine base in Antarctica on Tuesday, but there were no risks to the people aboard, the Argentine navy and the ship's operator reported.

The Bahaman-flagged Ocean Nova ran aground about one mile (two kilometers) from the San Martin base, pushed by "extremely high winds" into craggy rocks, Quark Expeditions president Patrick Shaw told The Associated Press.

The Norwalk, Connecticut, company that operates the 240-foot long (73-meter) Danish-built ship said in a news release that "an initial assessment of damage indicated that there was no imminent danger and no threat to lives."

"There is no sign of leakage of any kind from the vessel," the company added.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/17/international/i111119S47.DTL

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Not a good place to go aground. n/t

[8 track mind]

2. "Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!" n/t

[rpannier]

3. The 64 passengers included

Former President Bush
His wife Laura
Dick Cheney
Condolesa Rice
and 60 other members of the Bush Admin and their families

For some odd reason they were all headed for Paraguay

[Duer 157099]

4. Wait! Don't tell me ... is Randi on that cruise??

(OMG, I'm so sorry, but I couldn't help myself!)

I love Randi, so this is really just dark humor.

[Agent William]

5. Bahama Flagged?

The Irony is killing me.

:rofl: