Tag: MV Akademic Sergei Vavilov

• Monday, December 28th 2015 - 08:14 UTC

  Cruise ship troubles cut South Georgia season down to size

  

  A serious fire on board a cruise ship in November led to a large-scale rescue operation off the Falkland Islands and means that three visits to South Georgia in the new year are likely to be cancelled, according to the latest South Georgia Newsletter.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Falklands based British Forces rescue cruise passenger injured in South Atlantic

  

  Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel based in the Falkland Islands have conducted a long range rescue of a British man from a Russian cruise ship. The MV Akademic Sergei Vavilov was visiting South Georgia, 800 nautical miles to the east of the Falklands, when the man was bitten by what is thought to have been a fur seal at Salisbury Plain Beach.