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25th November 2007, Punta Arenas, Chile. Survivors from the shipwrecked Antarctic vessel M/S Explorer arrive at Punta Arenas by military aircraft. 154 tourists and crew had spent the night on King George Island after their ship struck an iceberg and sank approximately 120km (75 miles) north of the Antarctic Peninsula. After several hours bobbing in small lifeboats surrounded by floating sheets of ice, they were plucked to safety by the Norwegian cruise ship, the Nordnorge. The "Spirit of Shackleton" 19-day cruise through the Drake Passage, cost from around $8,000 (£3,900) per cabin. Pictured is British crew member Damien Sanders who was the ship's historian..PHOTO © JOHN CHAPPLE / REBEL IMAGES.john@chapple.biz www.chapple.biz