Tag: luxury cruise L'Austral

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 06:24 UTC

  Falklands' cruise incident: all passengers safe and 90 hosted in Stanley

  

  With support from a Royal Navy patrol, the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopters and Falkland Islands emergency services, hundreds of passengers have been rescued from the French flagged mega yacht Le Boréal after it issued a distress call on Wednesday early morning to the north of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

  Thirteen cruise vessels call at South Georgia; growing number of Chinese visitors

  

  Thirteen cruise vessels visited South Georgia last December including new vessel “L'Austral” which, in line with usual practice, was joined by a Government Observer to look at the ship's operation, passenger management and bio-security procedures, reports the South Georgia Newsletter.