The passengers are said to be ‘a mix’ of tourists from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, the US and South Korea.
A fishing vessel owned by Greenland’s government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northern-most national park, authorities said.
The cruise ship ran aground on Monday in Alpefjord in the Northeast Greenland National Park, which is known for icebergs and the musk oxen that roam the coast.The crew made two failed attempts to get the ship to float free on its own during high tide. Located across from the ice sheet that covers the world’s largest island, Alpefjord sits in a remote corner of Greenland, some 149 miles away from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which itself is nearly 870 miles from the country’s capital, Nuuk.
The people on board “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.The Ocean Explorer was built in 2021 and is owned by Copenhagen SunStone Ships, which is part of Denmark’s SunStone Group.
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