EDUARDO FREI BASE (Reuters) - Shipwrecked vacationers, some still clutching life jackets, boarded a military aircraft on Saturday and left Antarctica to begin long journeys home after their cruise ship struck ice and sank.
More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt after being evacuated by lifeboats on Friday from the ship Explorer that hit ice off King George Island in Antarctica.
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