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LeftInTX

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25. I'm pretty sure it's one of those eco-cruises. Ship only has capacity for 196 people.
Thu May 7, 2026, 09:25 AM
4 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius

Most of the passengers were birders.

The ship even stopped in Antarctica.

It was probably a very expensive cruise. Not my thing.

The ship departed Ushuaia on April 1, embarking on a polar expedition that included stops in Antarctica, South Georgia, Saint Helena and Ascension Island, before arriving off the coast of Cape Verde in early May. Foster Mohale, a spokesperson for the National Department of Health in South Africa, said the ship also stopped at Nightingale Island and Tristan da Cunha.

Here is the route. It was a one-way cruise that started at the southern tip of Argentina.

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It is most likely edhopper 4 hrs ago #22
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Ten yrs ago, a young college girl a town over in NM died of Hanta virus womanofthehills 16 hrs ago #11
Very sad orangecrush 14 hrs ago #15
Not necessarily hantavirus. Arthur_Frain 16 hrs ago #13
That's how Gene Hackman's wife died. He died from other causes. LeftInTX 14 hrs ago #16
Check this out orangecrush 5 hrs ago #19
Yes, but this hantavirus is also endemic to Argentina. LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #21
Thanks orangecrush 2 hrs ago #32
No cruise ships for me, I can't believe they had it happen on the cruise ship MV Hondius Beringia 13 hrs ago #17
Who the hell takes a 35 day cruise? Initech 13 hrs ago #18
I can't even afford a 3 hour tour! orangecrush 5 hrs ago #20
I'm pretty sure it's one of those eco-cruises. Ship only has capacity for 196 people. LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #25
Thanks orangecrush 2 hrs ago #29
So it was brought on board edhopper 4 hrs ago #24
East to answer Traildogbob 3 hrs ago #26
Not nearly as transmissable as Covid Sympthsical 2 hrs ago #28
I seem to remember hearing something similar orangecrush 2 hrs ago #30
Because cruises are human sardine cans Sympthsical 2 hrs ago #33
Not as easy to transmit and not transmissible aren't the same EdmondDantes_ 2 hrs ago #34
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