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The MV Explorer, formerly the Lindblad Explorer, is pictured in an undated handout photo
23 Nov 2007
Source: Reuters

 
The MV Explorer, formerly the Lindblad Explorer, is pictured in an undated handout photo. More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after the Explorer struck an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean and started to sink, an Argentine coast guard official and a spokeswoman for the ship's owner said on Friday. The former Lindblad Explorer was been built in 1969 in Uusikaupunki Shipyard, Finland. REUTERS/Lehtikuva/Handout (FINLAND) FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS.
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The MV Explorer, formerly the Lindblad Explorer, is pictured in an undated handout photo. More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after the Explorer struck an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean and started to sink, an Argentine coast guard official and a spokeswoman for the ship's owner said on Friday. The former Lindblad Explorer was been built in 1969 in Uusikaupunki Shipyard, Finland. REUTERS/Lehtikuva/Handout (FINLAND) FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS.


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