The captain and his staff are hoping high tide will dislodge the ship, according to the article.
One twitterer linked to a Reuters story that said this incident was the second of its kind in two months in Antarctica.
@guidedworld: Cruise passengers stranded on ship in Antarctica evacuated after it runs aground. This is becoming alarmingly common - http://is.gd/k28t
An American tweeted that the event brought back memories.
@sevnthsin (Minneapolis, Minn.): I was on this ship one year ago! Holy crap! http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/antarctica.cruise.ship/index.html
Other twitterers posted photos and updates.
@greg787: RT @cruiseind RT @CruiseLog Dramatic new photos from Antarctica show grounded expedition ship listing to [starboard] http://bit.ly/5DJKE
@garreton (Santiago, Chile): Chile Argentina Navies work to rescue Ocean Nova cruise liner that is aground in Antarctica. Today 2nd ship will rescue all 74 passengers
@guidedworld: Cruise passengers stranded on ship in Antarctica evacuated after it runs aground. This is becoming alarmingly common - http://is.gd/k28tAn American tweeted that the event brought back memories.
@sevnthsin (Minneapolis, Minn.): I was on this ship one year ago! Holy crap! http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/18/antarctica.cruise.ship/index.htmlOther twitterers posted photos and updates.
@greg787: RT @cruiseind RT @CruiseLog Dramatic new photos from Antarctica show grounded expedition ship listing to [starboard] http://bit.ly/5DJKE
@garreton (Santiago, Chile): Chile Argentina Navies work to rescue Ocean Nova cruise liner that is aground in Antarctica. Today 2nd ship will rescue all 74 passengersAs of 8:12 p.m. CST, the Associated Press has reported that the passengers and crew have been successfully transferred to another ship.
