Cruise Ship Sinking in Antarctica; More Than 150 Passengers and Crew Evacuated
LONDON — More than 150 passengers and crew took to lifeboats in Antarctic waters on Friday after their cruise ship hit an object and began taking on water through a hole in the hull, Britain's Coast Guard said. No injuries were reported.
"Latest reports are that all persons are safe and accounted for," said Coast Guard spokesman Fred Caygill.
Evacuees from the Liberian-flagged Explorer were boarding another cruise ship, Endeavor, near the South Shetland Islands and were expected to be transferred later to a larger ship, said Henry Purbrick, watch officer at the Coast Guard center in Falmouth, England....