It started out as the trip of a lifetime – with an average cost of $22,000 per passenger – but quickly turned into a ship in lockdown. In this 2020 episode, Dateline charts the tale of the MV Greg Mortimer cruise ship, and the stories of crew and guests.
0.00: The trip of a lifetime
1.49: How the cruise played out for staff and passengers
6.22: The last cruise ship to leave Argentina
9.45: ‘We felt that we were in this bubble of purity’
12:07: Isolation begins
16:12: Attempts to dock
19:49: Serious illness hits the ship
22.36: Difference in experience for passengers and crew
23:42: Rose’s illness begins
26:25: ‘We need to do something bigger’
28.10: Crew morale begins to sink
30:53: Uruguay and Australia collaborate for disembarkation
35:52: Waiting in the ICU for answers
38.13: Crew members left on the boat
39.04: Remembering Ronnie
42:31: Crew try to organise a ‘revolution’
44.50: Uruguay allows crew to disembark
46.23: Rose’s journey
50:57: Statement from Aurora Expeditions
52:54: Ronnie’s family
54:13: From cruise to ICU doctor
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