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The cruise ship had been stranded on the eastern coast of Greenland for days but has now been freed

Authorities says the luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer has been successfully pulled free three days after running aground in Greenland with 206 people on board. The ships owner says

It was aground for days in Greenland, but now a luxury cruise ship and its 206 passengers are back on the water.

The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, said the cruise ship's owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Joint Arctic Command, which coordinated the operation.

Local research vessel helps re-float Ocean Explorer

The cruise ship Ocean Explorer has been freed after it ran aground off the coast of Greenland Thursday.

Ocean Explorer has finally been freed after running aground in Greenland

COPENHAGEN — A luxury cruise ship that ran aground this week in a remote part of Greenland with 206 people on board was pulled free by a fishing trawler on Thursday (Sept 14). The Ocean Explorer cruise vessel had been stuck since Monday in mud and silt in the Alpefjord national park, some 1,400 km northeast of Greenland's capital Nuuk....

Before the cruise ship was freed, authorities reported that three passengers had COVID-19.

A luxury vessel that ran aground in a remote corner of Greenland, carrying 206 passengers, has been freed after being stuck for four days