[2] Between 25 February and 6 March 2018, video journalist and podcaster Brady Haran conducted an expedition to Antarctica aboard this vessel.

[3] On 18 November 2015 Le Boreal suffered a major engine room fire which caused the loss of all power and left her drifting.

The news agency reported that 90 of the ship's 347 passengers and crew were air-lifted to safety from life rafts.

Working closely with the Falkland Islands Government, British forces enacted a major search and rescue plan.

The Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Clyde was dispatched to the scene, as were two Dutch tugs which support British forces in the Falkland Islands.