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A luxury vessel that ran aground in a remote corner of Greenland, carrying 206 passengers, has been freed after being stuck for four days. Passengers had spectacular scenery to drink in during their unscheduled stop.

The grounded ship Ocean Explorer has been successfully freed with help from a research fishing vessel in Greenland.

The people onboard “are in a difficult situation, but given the circumstances, the atmosphere on the ship is good, and everyone on board is doing well,” said the Joint Arctic Command.

Three New Zealanders are stranded on board a luxury cruise ship that has run aground in Greenland.

A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers has run aground off the coast of Greenland.

For the 206 passengers and crew members aboard the Ocean Explorer, the view—however stunning—isn't going to change for a while. The cruise ship has run aground...

An attempt to free a cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland has failed, leaving 206 passengers (including 90 Australians) stranded.

The MV Ocean Explorer has run aground with 206 people on board.

The cruise liner, Ocean Explorer, may be able to refloat itself in the Arctic during a high tide.

FILE photo -- Alison Wright/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers has run aground off the coast of Greenland. The Ocean Explorer, a 343-foot long and 60-foot wide ship, ran aground on Monday near Alpefjord in the Northeast Greenland National Park -- a 375,000-square-mile area that is the most northerly national park in the world. There have been no reports of damage to the ship. "Arctic Command has been in contact with the cruise ship Ocean Explorer, which has...