Table Of Content
- Greenlandic women plan to sue Danish state over historical contraceptive ‘violation’
- Ariana Madix reveals whether she’ll return to ‘Vanderpump Rules’ for Season 12 following Scandoval
- 'Nothing short of horrifying': Rental affordability in Australia the worst it's ever been, report says
- What do we know about Alpefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park?
- People in Australia's crystal meth underworld have a code of silence. Here it gets broken
- Sydney couple stuck on luxury cruise ship as COVID cases reported
The ship, the Ocean Explorer, had been carrying 206 passengers and crew members and was headed toward Alpefjord, in a remote corner of Greenland. The ship’s destination was the Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s northernmost national park, which is home to icebergs, glaciers and high mountains. Other passengers may face the stress of becoming stranded in remote locations through no fault of their own. Last September, more than 200 people got stuck in a remote part of Greenland after their cruise ship ran aground.
Greenlandic women plan to sue Danish state over historical contraceptive ‘violation’
The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, according to the cruise ship's owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Joint Arctic Command, which coordinated the operation. The Ocean Explorer will be taken to a port to assess any damage, while the passengers will be flown home, said SunStone Maritime Group, which owns the cruise vessel. “There have not been any injuries to any person onboard, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull,” SunStone said in a statement.
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Fraser, a retired Aussie traveling with his wife, and the rest of the passengers may have to wait several more days before being rescued. To make matters worse, several cases of COVID have been reported on board among the mostly elderly passengers, most of whom are Australian, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The cruise liner began its current trip on 2 September in Kirkenes in Arctic Norway and was due to return to Bergen, Norway, on 22 September, according to SunStone Ships. "There have not been any injuries to anybody onboard, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull,” SunStone Ships said in a statement.
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A luxury cruise ship that was stuck in a remote part of Greenland for three days after running aground with 206 people on board has been pulled free by a fishing trawler. The cruise ship ran aground Monday above the Arctic Circle in Alpefjord in Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s northernmost national park. The park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80% is covered by an ice sheet. Alpefjord is about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which is nearly 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the country’s capital, Nuuk.
What do we know about Alpefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park?
Luxury cruise ship pulled free after passengers stuck for days off Greenland's coast - WLS-TV
Luxury cruise ship pulled free after passengers stuck for days off Greenland's coast.
Posted: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
The Danish navy's Knud Rasmussen patrol vessel was expected to arrive at the Alpefjord site on Friday afternoon local time, the JAC said. Hill said after the crew alerted passengers that there were confirmed cases of Covid, some passengers had chosen to wear masks in the public areas, but others had not. The Joint Arctic Command said the earliest the Knud Rasmussen might reach the Ocean Explorer is Friday morning local time. Brian Jensen, the head of operations for the Joint Arctic Command, said in the statement that the situation "is of course worrisome." The cruise liner began its latest trip on Sept. 2 in Kirkenes, in Arctic Norway, and was due to return to Bergen, Norway, on Sept. 22, according to SunStone Ships. The owner also had "arranged additional tug assistance in case it was needed, however, this has now been canceled."
Luxury cruise ship stranded in Greenland with Covid-positive passengers is finally pulled free
A representative for Aurora Expeditions, the cruise ship's operator, told Insider that everyone on board the vessel was safe and well. The MV Ocean Explorer ran aground above the Arctic Circle on Monday in Alpefjord, which is in the Northeast Greenland National Park, the world's northernmost national park. The park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80% is permanently covered by an ice sheet.
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Ocean Explorer cruise ship freed after being stranded in Greenland - The Washington Post
Ocean Explorer cruise ship freed after being stranded in Greenland.
Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
The cruise ship and its passengers will now travel to a port where the damage to the vessel’s bottom can be assessed. The successful rescue operation took place on Thursday, three days after the MV Ocean Explorer ran aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship's owner said. Three people on board the ship have Covid-19, the Sydney-based charter group Aurora Expedition, which organised the cruise, confirmed on Thursday. The Danish military’s joint arctic command confirmed that the ship had been pulled free by the Tarajoq, a trawler and research vessel that made a failed attempted to do so on Wednesday.
“We have just successfully become free now … we are absolutely elated,” Gina Hill, an Australian passenger onboard the ship, told Reuters on Thursday. The Ocean Explorer leaned to the side during the operation and passengers were not allowed to go outside, Hill said. The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship leaned to the side during the operation and passengers were not allowed to go outside, Hill said. The Ocean Explorer was carrying 206 passengers and crew members, and was heading toward the Northeast Greenland National Park when it became stuck off the Greenland coast Monday. The 112 passengers and 94 crew on the Australian tour operator's cruise had set off from Norway on 2 September and were due to return on 22 September.
Luxury cruise ship freed after running aground in Greenland
The Ocean Explorer, on a luxury cruise through the Arctic, ran aground on Monday with 206 passengers and crew on board. Though cruise ships need to stay punctual, ruined-vacation stories like this are a reputational risk and might put people off. The cruise line said the passengers missed the "all aboard time of 3 p.m. local time." It said it was a "very unfortunate situation" but that passengers were responsible for being on time. In total, WPDE said that nine passengers were not allowed to reenter the ship, including four elderly people and one person who is a paraplegic.
Dozens of cruise ships sail along Greenland's coast every year so passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape, waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea. Dozens of cruise ships sail along Greenland’s coast every year so passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape, waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea. The Danish Maritime Authority asked police in Greenland to investigate why the ship ran aground and whether any laws had been violated, a police statement said, adding that no one has been charged or arrested.
SunStone Maritime Group added it had requested additional tug assistance, but the assistance had been canceled. The rescue came after an unsuccessful attempt on Wednesday, in which a fishing research vessel owned by the government of Greenland tried and failed to pull free the Ocean Explorer at high tide. And last November, passengers were stranded at a Brisbane port after a Royal Caribbean ship was overbooked. A spokesperson for the cruise line said that the ship could not safely dock in Gambia due to adverse weather conditions, adding that efforts are being made for the guests to rejoin the ship in Senegal on Tuesday.
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