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Originally Posted by Corndogger
I think you have to go to a base country first, then get on the boat and sail to Antarctica. She was probably in Argentina.
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Yes, typically, Antarctic expeditions/cruises leave from Ushuaia, at the southern tip of Argentina. Scott Dippel posted (on his Twitter) a picture of her boarding passes from Calgary-Houston-Buenos Aires.
Annalise Klingbeil wrote at
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news...rctica-cruise-ends-due-to-engine-failure:
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Colley-Urquhart said the inaugural $25,000 Silver Cloud expedition cruise she was on was hit by bad weather and the initial itinerary was changed, before the ship’s fuel pump seized on Nov. 20 and the entire trip was called off.
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Bad weather is par for the course in the Southern Ocean, but mechanical failure is a whole other can of worms.
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