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canarymoon · 02-19-2009, 07:43 AM

Whew!
So glad she floated out!

Char · 02-19-2009, 07:50 AM

Good news indeed!

canarymoon · 02-19-2009, 07:17 PM

Lars - thank you for all the updates. They were much appreciated.

*Lars* · 02-26-2009, 07:01 AM

Clipper Adventurer, carrying Ocean Nova’s passengers, arrived at the port of Ushuaia on Sunday February 22, 2009, at 7:20 AM local time. Ocean Nova’s guests spent the night at the Albatros Hotel and are continuing their homebound journey today, February 23, 2009.

Ocean Nova also arrived at the port of Ushuaia on Sunday February 22, 2009. Divers conducted an extensive underwater survey of the ship’s hull, identifying four indented areas and flaking of the keel’s paint. The survey confirmed that the rudder and the propeller were not affected by the grounding.

Repairs of the affected areas are currently being performed in Ushuaia and are expected to take three days. Consequently, Ocean Nova’s next Antarctic voyage originally scheduled to depart today has been cancelled.

Quark Expeditions has re-booked passengers on M/V Polar Star‘s next voyage, which departs tomorrow, February 24, 2009. Polar Star is operated by Polar Star Expeditions, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Quark Expeditions is providing passengers with hotel accommodation for tonight, and is rearranging the passengers’ return flights.

“Although the discovery of indentations on Ocean Nova’s hull means that the ship cannot depart for the next scheduled voyage, we are pleased that we could protect our customers’ Antarctic experience by reserving space on board Polar Star” said Quark Expeditions’ President, Patrick Shaw.

Char · 02-26-2009, 09:25 AM

I'm glad to hear that the passengers on the next cruise were accommodated on another ship. I would hate to have traveled that far only to discover that my ship wasn't going to sail.

*Lars* · 02-26-2009, 11:16 AM

Char, can you imagine how upset the passengers would be. I would not be a happy camper either.

*Lars* · 02-26-2009, 05:53 PM

The repairs to Ocean Nova was finished today and the ship will sail to Europe and a 6 months charter to a Danish company before returning to Quark Expeditions for the 2009-2010 Antartica season.

timwilloughby · 03-06-2009, 05:26 PM

Here is some more footage on this matter:

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