Posted on 11/17/2009 7:27:46 AM PST by GQuagmire
Here is an update from the tour operator’s website.
No mention of cannibalism-yet.
But then they wouldn’t ever mention the unmentionable, would they?
Incident Involving I/B Kapitan Khlebnikov
November 17, 2009
5.4 Miles SW of Snow Hill Island
64° 35’9 S, 56° 59’6 W
Incident Details
Vessel: I/B Kapitan Khlebnikov
Date: November 17, 2009
Location: 64° 35’9 S, 56° 59’6 W
Time: 15:30 UTC / 12:30 Local Time
Quark Expeditions today reports that improving weather conditions have allowed the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov to make some progress in its return to port in Ushuaia, Argentina.
The ship is now able to navigate the ice and is expected to be in open waters soon. Quark will continue to monitor progress and updates related to the estimated time of arrival in port and disembarkation details will be provided as details become available.
The scheduled return to port (November 16, 2009) was delayed due to weather conditions including heavy pack ice in the Weddell Sea, which restricted the vessel’s ability to maneuver effectively.
All 101 passengers, 23 staff and 60 crew aboard remain safe and comfortable and continue to enjoy the high quality hospitality, entertainment and educational programming that is offered on all Quark voyages and expeditions.
A highlight of this particular voyage included a special departure to visit the emperor penguin colony near Snow Hill Island. Shane Evoy, Quark’s Expedition Leader onboard reports that “although the delay may cause complications for return travel, all passengers are enjoying the extra time we have spent at the Snow Hill Island Emperor Penguin rookery and seeing the icebreaker in action”.
To facilitate the changes in schedule, Quark is proactively working with agents and transportation companies to co-ordinate alternate flight and travel plans for the passengers currently onboard. The company is also currently in touch with and providing entertainment and educational programming for those passengers currently waiting to board the ship for the next voyage.
The Argentine Research base Marambio is 25 miles from the ship’s current location and within reach of the vessel’s helicopters. While there is currently no cause for concern, as a precaution, Quark has contacted the base regarding use of their airstrip should there be any need to bring passengers off the ship for medical or other concerns.
LOL!!
My favorite Larsen?
Two Polar Bears sitting next to an igloo with a hole punched through the top. One Bear's wiping his mouth saying to the other, "Just the way I like'em. Crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside." LOL
My all time favorite comic strip!
Mine too, never needed an explanation as to why.
Another shocker, eh? LOL
Larson went after some of my favorite targets. Like scientists who act like 4 year olds, and “nature freaks” who invent the “Homing Cow”
Yes, he was a master at poking a finger in the eye f any sacred cow and used pure humor to do it. One of the reasons I so enjoy Mark Styen, also. Similar mo. Mocks & skewers 'em with humor using raptor-like precision. LOL
"Like scientists who act like 4 year olds, and 'nature freaks' who invent the 'Homing Cow'"
Yup, the man was a virtual machine over his all-too-short career.
How 'bout the one where there're two cops standing in the doorway of a laboratory.
Dead cats lay everywhere.
In the background's a blackboard with all kinds of scientific equations scribbled on it, lab tables & gadgets galore.
One cop says to the other: "Yup. Look. The beakers. Test tubes. Equations, Larry. These cats died of curiosity." LOL
If I ever take a notion to go on one of these trips, it is not going to be aboard some floating Russian jalopy.
Exactly. And I’m expecting a gallon per minute report any second now of the full oil in just the engines, not including the diesel or whatever was the main propulsion back to Canada or the Falklands was. I’m just guessing, but that ship probably had a half a tank to get back to Canada, which would be at least, very least, 50,000 gallons, leaked to the shores. Remember, Exon Valdez was drunk.
Classic Larsen. LOL!!
Thanks, Doogle. ;^)
LMAO!
“One cop says to the other: “Yup. Look. The beakers. Test tubes. Equations, Larry. These cats died of curiosity.” LOL “
LMAO!!
Good one!
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