MV Ushuaia

MV Ushuaia is a cruise ship operated by Argentina's Antarpply Expeditions, based in the city of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) on the Beagle Channel near the southern tip of South America. She was built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. She served the NOAA for twenty years under the names "Researcher" and "Malcolm Baldrige".

MV Ushuaia is registered under the flag of the Comoros. She was built in 1970. She can carry 84 passengers.

On December 4, 2008 she hit a rock in Wilhelmina Bay in Antarctica, and had to be evacuated on December 5 with the Chilean Navy ship AP-41 Aquiles to the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, from where they were flown to Ushuaia on December 6 with the Argentinian Air Force Hercules TC-69. Those taken off included 14 Dutch, 12 Americans, 11 Australians, 8 Germans, 6 Chinese, Canadians, New Zealanders, Britons, Italians, French, Spaniards, Swiss, a Belgian and a Cypriot passenger as well as 5 Argentinian crew.

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Ushuaia

Ushuaia (/uːˈʃwaɪ.ə/; Spanish pronunciation: [uˈswaʝa]) is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range, and on the south by the Beagle Channel. It is the only municipality in the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of 9,390 km² (3,625 sq mi).

History

The Selk’nam Indians, also called the Ona, first arrived in Tierra del Fuego about 10,000 years ago. The southern group of the Selk’nam, the Yaghan (also known as Yámana), occupied what is now Ushuaia, living in continual conflict with the northern inhabitants of the island.

Ushuaia (disambiguation)

Ushuaia may refer to the following: