My wife has always wanted to take a cruise to Antarctica. It is probably a dream that is out of our reach financially. And this certainly doesn't make me anymore enthusiastic about the possibility.

More than 150 passengers and crew took to lifeboats in Antarctic waters on Friday after their cruise ship hit an object and began taking on water through a hole in the hull, Britain's coast guard said. No injuries were reported.

It was believed that the passengers of the Explorer, a Liberian-flagged vessel, included at least 22 British citizens, and undetermined numbers of Americans and Canadians, the Coast Guard said.

The evacuees were boarding another cruise ship, the Endeavor, near the South Shetland Islands, and were expected to be transferred later to a larger ship, said Henry Purbrick, watch officer at the coast guard center in Falmouth, England.

Everyone is safe. Reports indicate that the ship may have hit an iceberg.

I'll refrain from making any Titanic jokes.

And I'll hope my wife will settle for a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico.

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