Follow the HMS Endurance during her 2007-2009 deployment.
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Endurance disabled in Strait of Magellan
Royal Navy Statement:
" We can confirm that Royal Navy Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance suffered a flood in her engine room which left her without main power and propulsion off the coast of Chile. An investigation is underway into the exact cause of the incident.

The flooding has now been contained the ship is currently being held in safe water by her anchor in the Strait of Magellan. The Norwegian Sun Cruise liner is nearby and is ready to provide assistance if needed.

Our top priority is the safety of those onboard. Royal Navy personnel are highly trained in emergency incidents and are well equipped to deal with the situation. The crew recently underwent an intensive period of training prior to deployment.

A Chilean Navy puma helicopter has already taken 10 civilians off the ship as a precaution. A Chilean Tug and Maritime Patrol Aircraft are also on route to assist if required.

Next of kin are currently being informed of the situation and a Helpline (08457 800 900) has been set up for concerned relatives to call for further information."

Iceberg positions will automatically update weekly and now include all icebergs greater than 10 nautical miles in length since 1976.

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HMS ENDURANCE, pennant number A171, is the Royal Navy�s Ice Patrol Vessel. She deploys each year in the autumn from her base port of Portsmouth in Hampshire, to the cold and ice of the Antarctica austral summer where she carries out her operational duties for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).



Thanks to everyone at the Google Earth Community who took the time to answer my stupid technical questions. I could not even zip a kml file or make a working Network Link when I started this project last year. Also, I owe special thanks to Endurance's Public Outreach Programme, Captain Nick Lambert, Navigating Officer Lee Vessey, and Dr. Anna Nelson of the British Antarctic Survey for their assistance in this project.

Absolutely fabulous post saellis. Fascinating subject, great presentation, lots of information and fantastic photos. An excellent example of how GE can be used for this kind of project.

Just one thing puzzles me, can I ask how it comes about that somebody in Colorado Springs is doing a presentation for the British Royal Navy? Just curious

Thank you for your kind words, Noisette. I'm glad you like it. I first learned of the HMS Endurance from another GEC post by user 'pm77' earlier this year. After doing a search I found that there were no Google Earth projects about the modern HMS Endurance so I started on the project back in November as a way to combat insomnia after working past midnight.

I tried to follow the design of the Visit And Learn website with the idea that the KMZ file would serve as a companion to it. The hardest part of the project has been to find high resolution sattelite images to use as overlays to improve on the basically featureless GE base image. I have a great image of Livingston Island but the copyright is owned by the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission which has yet to answer my request to use it.

Ah I see You did such a good job of following the design of the website, I thought you must be affiliated to it! Have you contacted them to see if they would be interested in including your file, or linking to your post here on the BBS?

What a Great post!

very well presented, truly informative!
thank you! 5*s from me!
g�bor

My brother is onboard HMS Endurance, here is a link to some pictures from their trip down there:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95205697@N00/

Thanks for posting the pics, Scunnin. It looks like the best tour of duty in the Royal Navy.

I can only tell you what he says, its amazing to see the wildlife, the icebergs and the beauty down there. Of course its sometimes pretty rough seas on the way down, but a great tour of duty to go there - here is another link to some pictures of Endurance up close and personal on the way southward in november -

http://funchalport.blogspot.com/2006/11/her-majestys-ship.html