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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fishing vessel owned by Greenland's government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise sh

A cruise ship with 206 passengers onboard including 90 Australians that ran aground off Greenland earlier this week is still some time away from being freed, however its passengers are keeping themselves occupied in the meantime.

A fishing vessel will attempt to use the high tide to pull free a Danish-owned luxury cruise ship that ran aground in northwestern Greenland with 206 people on board. A

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...

The grounding of a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Greenland on Monday highlighted the irony of touring the fast-warming Arctic on a vessel powered by

The cruise ship is operated by Australia-based Aurora Expeditions and has passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK and the US.

Help can be slow to arrive in the vast polar region, where marine traffic has increased significantly as melting ice opens up new routes.

The Ocean Explorer had been traveling toward Northeast Greenland National Park when it ran aground on Monday, officials said. The ship is still stuck.

Efforts to refloat the stricken expedition ship Ocean Explorer are ongoing

206 people are still on board the Ocean Explorer. The cruise operator said on Thursday that three passengers have tested positive for COVID-19.