Stranded Luxury Cruise Ship MV Ocean Explorer Is Pulled Free at High Tide in Greenland

The Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew, which has run aground in northwestern Greenland on Sept. 12, 2023. SIRIUS/Joint Arctic Command via AP

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free on Thursday, three days after running aground in Greenland with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship’s owner said.

The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, said the cruise ship’s owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Joint Arctic Command, which coordinated the operation.