MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today’s sea-based tourism in that region. Explorer was abandoned in the early hours of 23 November 2007 after taking on water near the South Shetland Islands.
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MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today’s sea-based tourism in that region. Explorer was abandoned in the early hours of 23 November 2007 after taking on water near the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. All passengers and crew were rescued. The Royal Navy Antarctic Patrol Ship Endurance later pinpointed Explorer’s final resting place as 62° 24′ 17. 57″ South, 57° 11′ 46. 49″ West at an approximate depth of 1,130 m, a distance of 4,373 m from her reported sinking position. In 1984, Explorer was the first cruise ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.
In 1998, she is claimed to have been the first ship, as distinct from river boat, to sail 80 miles above Iquitos, Peru, to the point where the Marañón and Ucayali rivers meet to become the Amazon River. A scale model of Explorer is on display at Canterbury Museum, Christchurch in Christchurch, New Zealand. Explorer departed from Ushuaia, Argentina on 11 November 2007 on a 19-day cruise intended to trace the route of 20th century explorer Ernest Shackleton through the Drake Passage. After visiting the Falkland Islands and South Georgia she hit an iceberg in the Bransfield Strait close to King George Island. Some reports indicate that the ship drifted into an iceberg on Explorer’s starboard side while the crew was assessing the original impact.
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