Indagare member Lara Rubin, who is traveling on one of the ships enlisted to aid the sinking Explorer, sent us an eyewitness account of last night’s Antarctic rescue.
“In the spirit of past explorers and adventurers who encountered hardship in Antarctica, we passengers and crew of the National Geographic Endeavour took part in an amazing maritime rescue on our Thanksgiving voyage to the Antarctic Peninsula.
On November 23, instead of getting to walk within fifteen feet of gentoo and chinstrap penguin colonies, we watched a listing ship slowly submerge as all of its passengers and crew bobbed away in lifeboats and zodiacs. They huddled together in sub-freezing temperatures on what was luckily a tranquil open sea, within a half mile of an ice pack. This was another type of unforgettable scene. Only this one was very sobering.
All of us who were witnesses now realize more vividly than ever that just because technology has advanced since the time of the legendary Shackelton expedition, the desire for adventure and to experience all this planet has to offer, even in supreme...
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