Antarctic Cruising - Explorer
The Explorer sinking in the Antarctic was just an accident waiting to happen... As cruising becomes more popular, cruise companies are choosing more and more isolated places to take their ships to. Unfortunately some of these places are very remote, such as Antarctica. While the landscape maybe beautiful, the seas are amongst the roughest on earth and it is so far from anywhere (and cold) that it is very difficult to co-ordinate a quick rescue. Explorer's passengers were incredibly lucky because there was another ship close at hand - 4 hours away - but what would have happened if that ship had not been about? What would have happened if the seas had been rough? Antarctica has some of the strictest cruise ship regulations in the world governing which ships can enter, how many passengers they can carry, the environmental impact of their presence on the continent and how passengers act while they are in Antarctica. There has been worrying incidents in the past such as the Nordkapp run...