The Chilean Navy has rescued 122 passengers and crew from the leaking ship, Ushuaia, which ran aground last week off Antarctica.  The ship, built in 1970, ran aground last Thursday and suffered damage in its fuel tanks; according to reports, some fuel has leaked onto the water nearby although the ship doesn’t appear to be sinking.  

Last November, the Canadian expedition vessel Explorer sank after running into submerged ice.  Some 154 passengers and 54 crew abandoned ship and were rescued by another vessel, the Nordkapp, sailing nearby.  At that time cruise industry executives questioned the wisdom of passenger ships sailing in the region as did environmentalists, although there there seems to be few, if any, changes in the region.