(Bloomberg) The grounding of a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Greenland on Monday highlighted the irony of touring the fast-warming Arctic on a vessel powered by fossil fuels, the main culprit in climate change. But the incident also underscores the recent growth of marine traffic in the region, a trend that raises the risk of accidents and pollution in hard-to-reach places. Most Read from BloombergCaesars Entertainment Paid Millions to Hackers in AttackCiti Plans Job Cuts as It Revamps
Crews on Thursday successfully dislodged a cruise ship that ran aground while sailing near northeastern Greenland after multiple failed attempts earlier in the week.
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A new refloat attempt of the Ocean Explorer has proven successful. This morning, the expedition cruise ship that grounded off Greenland was pulled free.