So sad to hear this report. I did get an email from Regent this morning immediately telling me it was not the Explorer ll.

This ship may have had the right hull but there are so many ships down there right now that should NOT be there without the necessary hull that eventually there is going to be some problems. I think more of the "oil spill" kind than any harm to passengers. There are enough ships around to assist any vessel that has a problem.

Even large ships with standard hulls are going down and just sailing around without landing people and this really is asking for problems.

An oil spill would be so tragic. It is such a pristine area I am so concerned about that happening. Then they could shut this spectacular experience down to tourism completely.

I would love to see more restrictions on the type of vessels allowed to visit Antarctica and South Georgia.