Aussie passengers stranded after failed bid to free cruise ship
An attempt to free a cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland has failed, leaving 206 passengers (including 90 Australians) stranded.
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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.
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 stated that they are still grounded in the National Park," the Joint Arctic Command said in a ...
An attempt to free the Ocean Explorer with a large fishing trawler has failed and a Danish warship is now on its way but won’t get there until Saturday.
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