In a reminder that those who sign up for “adventure cruises” don’t always get the sort of adventures they expect, the 104-meter long, ice class PC6, expedition cruise ship Ocean Explorer today remained grounded in a Greenland fjord 660 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. There are 206 people on board. All are reported safe.
The vessel grounded Monday afternoon on what Danish Defense describes as sand and mud. Since then the vessel has made several unsuccessful attempts to free itself. The...