Icy Rescue as Seas Claim a Cruise Ship

[JLB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/world/americas/24ship.html?hp

They were modern adventure travelers, following the doomed route of Sir Ernest Shackleton to the frozen ends of the earth. They paid $7,000 to $16,000 to cruise on a ship that had proudly plowed the Antarctic for 40 years.

[JLB]

There were the alarms, then the captain’s voice on the public address system calling the 100 passengers and the crew of about 50 to the lecture hall, according to passengers’ accounts on the radio and others relayed from rescuers and the tour operator.

[Flan]

Lucky to have survived i would say