Which cruise ship sank in the Antarctic in late 2007, after hitting an iceberg?
Antarctic Peninsula began in the 1950s. Most ship-based tourists depart for the peninsula from Ushuaia in Argentina. The grounding of the Argentine ship "Bahía Paraíso" and subsequent oil spill occurred near the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989. In 2005, Lewis Gordon Pugh broke the farthest-south long distance swim record by undertaking a swim at Petermann Island off the Antarctic Peninsula. In November 2007, the "MV Explorer" rammed submerged sea ice and then sank after water from a fist sized hole could not be pumped out quickly enough. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated and rescued. The peninsula is highly mountainous, its highest
History of Antarctica known as the Madrid Protocol. All mineral extraction was banned for 50 years and the Antarctic was set aside as a "natural reserve, devoted to peace and science". Børge Ousland, a Norwegian explorer, finished the first unassisted Antarctic solo crossing on 18 January 1997. On 23 November 2007, the MS "Explorer" struck an iceberg and sank, but all on board were rescued by nearby ships, including a passing Norwegian cruise ship, the MS "Nordnorge". Women were originally kept from exploring Antarctica until well into the 1950s. A few pioneering women visited the Antarctic land and waters prior to the 1950s