BBC website readers have been sending us pictures of their time aboard the stricken M/S Explorer. Photo: Paul Matthews.

Paul Rudkin: "the cruise liner when it was sailing through the Arctic."

David Grey: "The Explorer while at anchor off Petermann Island in March 2005."

Gavin Barker: Saw some polar bears while on board during a crusie of the Artic.

Helen Walicka: "The M/S Explorer in the Antarctic Peninsula."

Pieter Kok: "We went on our honeymoon to Antarctica in January 2005...

... and the M/S Explorer getting a fresh coat of paint.

Ken Hill.: "A view of the interior of the Explorer."

Marko Tusar: "On board during a holiday in 2005."

Richard Liebowitz: I took this as research for my company, LP Architects."

Olly Phillipson: "I took this when aboard the ship in 2001."