A cruise ship with more than 200 passengers on board ran aground in an isolated stretch of the Northeast Greenland National Park and because it cannot free itself, will be stranded there for days until a rescue ship arrives, CNN reports.
Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command noted that after the Ocean Explorer ran aground Monday, the hope was that Tuesday’s high tide would give the ship clearance to move out, but the water did not raise the ship enough to free itself. The closest inspection ship that could work to free the cruise ship was 1,200 nautical miles away.