Extract from Lords debate on Passenger Ships: Evacuation, Search and Rescue Plans - May 23
Thursday, 24 May 2018 08:19
Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con):...I start by declaring a keen
interest. I have been a passenger on an expedition ship. The first
time was in 2016 when I went to the Falkland Islands, South
Georgia, Elephant Island and the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It
was an epic, life-changing trip. The second time was last summer
when my wife and I went to the Arctic in the same ship, following
in the footsteps of Sir John Franklin. We went through Lancaster
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