I travelled on The Little Red Ship to Svalbard in the summer of 2006. Seeing polar bears in their natural environment has been the highlight of my travels so far, a truly majestic creature.
I, like many, was very saddened by the loss of MS Explorer in the Southern Ocean on Nov 23 2007. The ship was legendary. I have set up a tribute page on flickr, if anyone has any photos of MS Explorer and would like to post them either send me a message/send me a flickr mail or just post them at www.flickr.com/groups/ms_explorer