Tales From The Rescue! Video And A Firsthand Account Of The "Explorer" Ship Disaster

The Huffington Post   |   November 28, 2007 11:13 AM


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This morning the TODAY Show interviewed an Explorer passenger who videotaped the sinking of the ship and the rescue of all 154 passengers on-board. Watch the video here.

Travel website Indagare.com got a eyewitness account of the rescue from a passenger on one of the rescue ships, the National Geographic Endeavour. Read the whole story here.


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- JohnKemp See Profile I'm a Fan of JohnKemp permalink

Still running this story?

Damn, has the HuffPo turned masochistic?

A kook ship owned & operated by one of Algore's buddies, loaded with 154 wackos, stumbling around in the Antartic searching for global warming (sic)?

Strikes an unmelted iceburg & dumps 46,000 gallons of diesel fuel into formerly pristine ocena waters.

I mean, damn, what a joke.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:04 PM on 11/30/2007
- ChiMan1 See Profile I'm a Fan of ChiMan1 permalink

After Salvage they can re-name the vessel, in honor of Forrest Gump,
"Stupid Is as Stupid Does" . . . . Perfect!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 PM on 11/29/2007
- ceasenake See Profile I'm a Fan of ceasenake permalink

Remenber about 10 - 12 years ago we were all gonna die from depletion of the ozone layer?

Sigh ...the good old days.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:31 AM on 11/29/2007
- ceasenake See Profile I'm a Fan of ceasenake permalink

I guess the environmental activists should have checked with NASA, then they would have known that the area covered by Antartic sea ice has been expanding.

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=3615

Oh well, maybe that was a good place for a man made reef anyway.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 PM on 11/28/2007
- ShamRockNRoll See Profile I'm a Fan of ShamRockNRoll permalink

Jesus... a boat sank. It happens. Luckily everyone was okay. I can't believe the fascists are trying to make an "issue" out of this... freaking hilarious.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:05 PM on 11/28/2007
- Steamboater See Profile I'm a Fan of Steamboater permalink

I just can't wait to see the movie!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:32 PM on 11/28/2007
- realitytrumpsbull See Profile I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

I guess it's good for the insurance company
that there were no engineers aboard? Hmm...
21st century, still can't figure out how to
locate a little hole and patch it from the
OUTSIDE....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:05 PM on 11/28/2007
- Ranchero See Profile I'm a Fan of Ranchero permalink

Oh so THIS is where the Yahoo News discussions came to die.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:39 PM on 11/28/2007
- amanda85 See Profile I'm a Fan of amanda85 permalink

The christofascist nuts are out in force today. They really believe the ship hitting an iceberg is proof global warming isn't real.

There is no limit to their idiocy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:51 PM on 11/28/2007
- ohiomark See Profile I'm a Fan of ohiomark permalink

How ironic, a ship full of enviro-wackos looking for evidence of global warming crashes into an iceberg and sinks, spilling thousand of gallons of fuel into the sea causing an eco-disaster. You can't make this stuff up.

More proof that Liberalism is a mental disorder.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:45 PM on 11/28/2007
- BuffaloMeridian See Profile I'm a Fan of BuffaloMeridian permalink

Who woulda thought that an ICEBERG could sink a ship? Go figger!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 PM on 11/28/2007
- JohnKemp See Profile I'm a Fan of JohnKemp permalink

WOW!

Does it get any better than this?

Al Gore's buddy, Bruce Poon Tip, takes 154 wackos to the pristine Antarctic to "study" the effects of global warming (sic) on his little boat, the MS Explorer, which had had five maintenance violations at its most recent inspection.

The Explorer sinks, leaving 48,000 gallons of diesel fuel as its very own "carbon footprint," & the wackos require other ships, planes, helicopters, etc. to return them to safety.

Why didn't they mount a solar panel or windmill on their rafts & navigate to Chile themselves?

As usual, these details are completely ignored by the mainstream press as well as the HuffPo's summary.

And people wonder why FOX News & Rush Limbaugh are successful.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:15 PM on 11/28/2007
- libs = kooks See Profile I'm a Fan of libs = kooks permalink

Libs are hilarious, no response from the kooks speaks volumes.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:05 PM on 11/28/2007
- Judd16 See Profile I'm a Fan of Judd16 permalink

The irony here is hillarious. Unintended consequences, trying to save the environment you help in its destruction.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:48 PM on 11/28/2007
- rwe See Profile I'm a Fan of rwe permalink

I believe that there is a lot of ice around this ship... As in record increase of ice/glacier(results of being cold)in this area....Why no mention of this from the man of peace...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:47 PM on 11/28/2007
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