the ghostly remains of the Brazilian yacht 'Mar Sem Fim', sunken near Ardley Cove in Antarctica

The Mar Sem Fim (“Endless Sea”) was shipwrecked, sank and subsequently got frozen in ice in Maxwell Bay of Ardley Cove, Antarctica, about 1,200 km south of the tip of South America on 7 April 2012. The yacht, which belonged to the famed Brazilian journalist and entrepreneur João Lara Mesquita, was manned by four crews who were filming a documentary off the Antarctic coast when the boat capsized. Strong winds in excess of 100 km/h had tossed the boat from one side to the other “like a bucking bronco in a rodeo,” according to one crew member.

With their vessel trapped in ice, the crew radioed for help and the message was received by the Chilean navy in the base in Bahia Fildes, in Antarctica. All four researchers were eventually rescued, but bad weather delayed the process by two days.

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