Tag: MV Plancius

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 20:28 UTC

  South Georgia stranded cruise passengers en route to Montevideo on rescue vessel

  

  Dutch Oceanwide Expeditions reported that 74 passengers and 21 crew members from the Antarctic expedition cruise ship MV Plancius , stranded in South Georgia have been transferred to a rescue ship and are on their way to Montevideo.

• Saturday, April 14th 2012 - 20:30 UTC

  Cruise sent to collect passengers from stranded M/V Plancius docked in South Georgia

  

  The Panama flagged cruise vessel M/V Ushuaia is expected to arrive early next week in South Georgia to pick up the stranded 114 passengers and crew of a similar small cruise M/V Plancius which after experiencing serious propulsion trouble took shelter at King Edward Point Research Station in Grytviken.