San Diego residents Trev and Torrey Takayama started off married life in grand style – to travel around the world. Five months into their adventure they found themselves abandoning ship in the middle of the Antarctic Ocean. Read their amazing account of the evacuation of the MV Explorer, floating in lifeboats for hours in sub-zero weather, being rescued, and flying from King George Island to the mainland on a Chilean Air Force C130. Click link to read more…

Click here to read their amazing travel blog.

There has been an increase in cruise ships visiting the Antarctic every year for the last 15 years. Last year about 35,000 people visited the region, almost all of them by cruise ship.

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Read ExpertCruiser’s earlier coverage of the sinking of the MV Explorer.