About half of the tourists and crew who were rescued from the cruise ship MS Explorer, which sank off Antarctica, flew home today.
There were 100 passengers and 54 crew, and four among them are Irish.
The ship sank on Friday after hitting an iceberg.
77 of the passengers were flown to mainland Chile last night after spending the night at a Chilean base on the Antarctic island of King George.
The remaining passengers and crew were to spend another night in Antarctica before being flown to Punta Arenas.
