Cruise ship runs aground in Antarctica, Aussies on board
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An Argentine cruise ship with more than 120 people on board, including 11 Australians, has run aground on the coast of Antarctica.
The 89 passengers and 33 crew on the Argentine-registered ship, Ciudad de Ushuaia, "are not in danger," the head of the Argentine National Antarctica Directorate, Mariano Memolli, told a television station.
He said the vessel had run aground in Wilhelmina Bay, part of a peninsula that reaches towards the southern tip of South America, but was not at risk of sinking.
The two closest nations Argentina and Chile are organising a joint rescue operation to evacuate the passengers as a precaution.
But there are other ships in the area on stand-by to help if necessary.
-ABC/AFP
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