he Royal Navy located the Canadian cruise vessel the MS Explorer this week in its icy resting place at the bottom of the ocean off Antarctica, where it has been for more than two months.

All 154 passengers and crew were safely removed from the vessel after it struck an iceberg Nov. 23 and sank.

The ice patrol ship HMS Endurance was doing a hydrographic survey and mapping work in the area when the British government requested the vessel search for the wreck of the Explorer.

The aim was to locate the sunken ship, assess its condition and look for evidence of pollution, said the Royal Navy's David Healy from Portsmouth, England.

"(Now) charts can be updated and that is of huge importance to the people who need to navigate safely," he said.