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Aurora Expeditions, the company that organized the voyage of the luxury cruise ship stranded in the Greenland ice, said that at least three of the 260 passengers on board had been diagnosed with cases of Covid-19. “These passengers are currently in isolation. “They are being cared for by our onboard doctor, medical team and crew and are doing well,” the company said in a statement.
Ship stuck in Greenland, three Covid cases on board. The third attempt to refloat the Ocean Explorer failed
However, the announcement will come later third try to unlock the ship failed, and the risk of infection on board – in necessarily confined spaces – is a possibility that must be taken into account. “It’s a bit frustrating,” one Australian pensioner told the Sydney Morning Herald, “but we’re in a beautiful part of the world,” he added.
What happened
L’Ocean explorer – that is the name of the luxury cruise ship – remained stranded last Monday, September 11th, and since then several maneuvers have been attempted to unblock it and get it moving again, but without success. The ship is above the Northern polar circle, in the Alpefjord area, in Northeast Greenland National Park, the northernmost national park in the world with an area equivalent to the area of France and Spain combined. The first settlement is 240 kilometers away and the country’s capital, Nuuk, is more than 240 kilometers away 1,400 kilometers.
The ship sails under the Bahamas flag and carries passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has 77 cabins, 151 passenger beds and 99 crew beds, as well as several restaurants and leisure areas. Last Tuesday, a Danish naval unit inspected the ship and found that everyone on board was fine and the ship had no obvious damage.
A larger inspection ship is now expected to arrive: the Arctic Command said it was expected on Friday, but the trip would have to be slowed due to the weather. At least in the next few days it should remain mild: according to the Danish Meteorological Institute forecasts, clear skies and around 5 °C are expected.
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