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Thanksgiving festivities continued on both ABC and CBS as each network pre-empted its newscast for live coverage of college football. It is a shame because the Story of the Day was a natural. The cruise ship Explorer hit an iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean off the South Shetland Island and keeled over. All 154 on board had to abandon ship and were rescued from lifeboats six hours later.

NBC's Dawna Friesen narrated the plight of the 40-year-old Explorer from London. The crew had to halt its efforts to "pump out water flooding in through a fist-sized hole" when the ship's power failed. No one was injured, no frostbite, not even any hypothermia. "Antarctica is increasingly popular with tourists" Friesen observed, showing some dazzling sights: "Breathtaking yes but treacherous too."

Andrew Tyndall 11/28/07 11:14:10 pm

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