Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:17 AM
sl8 (12,800 posts)
Third attempt fails to free luxury cruise ship that ran aground in GreenlandLast edited Thu Sep 14, 2023, 11:27 AM - Edit history (3)
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Ship is now free. See post from Liberal In Texas , below. 
=============== https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/third-attempt-fails-to-free-luxury-cruise-ship-that-ran-aground-in-greenland/ar-AA1gHtwf Third attempt fails to free luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland
Story by JAN M. OLSEN • 1h Another attempt to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northernmost national park in Greenland has failed after trying to use the high tide, authorities said. It was the third attempt to free the MV Ocean Explorer. Earlier this week, the cruise ship made two failed attempts to float free on its own during high tide. The cruise ship ran aground above the Arctic Circle on Monday in Alpefjord, which is in Northeast Greenland National Park. The park encompasses almost as much land as France and Spain combined, and about 80% is permanently covered by an ice sheet. Alpefjord sits about 150 miles away from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which itself is nearly 870 miles from the country’s capital, Nuuk. [...] “We do have a couple of cases of COVID, but there’s a doctor on board,” he said, adding that he himself had come down with COVID-19 on the ship. [...]
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 Third attempt fails to free luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland (Original post) |
sl8 | Sep 14 | OP |
| CTyankee | Sep 14 | #1 | |
| 3Hotdogs | Sep 14 | #3 | |
| moonshinegnomie | Sep 14 | #6 | |
| samnsara | Sep 14 | #2 | |
| Blues Heron | Sep 14 | #4 | |
| Emile | Sep 14 | #5 | |
| Liberal In Texas | Sep 14 | #7 | |
| mainer | Sep 14 | #9 | |
| sl8 | Sep 14 | #10 | |
| dembotoz | Sep 14 | #8 |
Response to sl8 (Original post)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:42 AM
CTyankee (62,709 posts)
1. I know the challenge thrills people on these trips but I wouldn't personally like it, not at my age.
Response to CTyankee (Reply #1)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:53 AM
3Hotdogs (11,271 posts)
3. That's what the post office used to say,
Response to CTyankee (Reply #1)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:30 AM
moonshinegnomie (1,766 posts)
6. i took a similar cruise 20 years ago
Response to sl8 (Original post)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:47 AM
samnsara (17,215 posts)
2. our Alaska cruise ship hit an iceburg...we didnt know it til we saw it on CNN that night
Response to sl8 (Original post)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:01 AM
Blues Heron (5,660 posts)
4. northbound hurricane on the way, COVID on board
Response to sl8 (Original post)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:28 AM
Emile (16,503 posts)
5. I spent 30 days above the Arctic circle in the Navy in Sept 1972.
Response to sl8 (Original post)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:43 AM
Liberal In Texas (12,863 posts)
7. She's free
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The operator of a luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland with 206 people on board said Thursday that the MV Ocean Explorer was “successfully” pulled free by a fisheries research vessel at high tide. 
I think this is a nice size for a cruise ship. Much better than those floating buildings with thousands of people on board. |
Response to Liberal In Texas (Reply #7)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 09:02 AM
mainer (11,940 posts)
9. yes, only 200 passengers -- it's like a river cruise.
Response to Liberal In Texas (Reply #7)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 11:24 AM
sl8 (12,800 posts)
10. Thanks for the update. nt
