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MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
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MV Explorer (1969)
Antarctic Ocean cruise ship, sunk in 2007
MS Explorer or MV Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, the first vessel of that kind used specifically to sail the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean. She was the first cruise ship to sink there, after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. All passengers and crew…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Argentina
Country in South America
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 sq mi), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Iceberg
Large piece of freshwater ice broken off a glacier or ice shelf and floating in open water
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South Shetland Islands
Group of islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of 3,687 km2 (1,424 sq mi). They lie about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between 430 and 900 km southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)