Authorities said Wednesday that a fishery vessel will attempt to use the high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in northwestern Greenland.
Capt. Flemming Madsen from the Danish Joint Arctic Command told The Associated Press that those on board were doing fine and "all I can say is that they got a lifetime experience."A scientific fishing vessel owned by the Greenland government was scheduled to arrive later Wednesday and together with the high tide would attempt to pull the 104.4-meter long and 18-meter wide MV Ocean Explorer free.
Dozens of cruise ships sail along Greenland's coast every year so that passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape with fjords, the waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea. Madsen said the passengers were "a mix" of tourists from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, the United States and South Korea.
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