[geeks] OT: MS Explorer goes down off Antarctica

[Shannon Hendrix]

You just gotta laugh a little at this one:

Sinking liner evacuated off Antarctica

> By BILL CORMIER
> Associated Press Writer
>
> Ship Sinking in Antarctic Waters
>
> Canadian cruise ship passenger John Cartwright says he is thankful  
> to be rescued from the cold waters of Antarctica after the boat  
> began to sink.
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> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A Canadian cruise ship struck  
> submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154  
> passengers and crew, Americans and Britons among them, took to  
> lifeboats and were plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship.
>
> The stricken MS Explorer finally disappeared from view Friday  
> evening, about 20 hours after the predawn accident near Antarctica's  
> South Shetland Islands, the Chilean navy said.

I'm glad the people were safe of course, but I'm not sure I would have  
ever gotten on a ship named "MS Explorer".

Not that I'm superstitious or anything..

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