Report Calls for Risk Mitigation for Vessels in Canadian Arctic After Ship Grounded

Report Calls for Risk Mitigation for Vessels in Canadian Arctic After Ship Grounded
The Coast Guard ship Des Groseilliers sits at anchor off the hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut on August 23, 2014. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is calling for mandatory risk mitigation measures for vessels operating in the Canadian Arctic after a passenger boat ran aground nearly three years ago.

The vessel Academik Ioffe was grounded in the western Gulf Boothia near Kugaaruk, Nunavut, with 102 passengers and 61 crew on board in August 2018.