Passengers on grounded Arctic cruise ship to fly out, ice and weather permitting
KUGAARUK, Nunavut — Dozens of passengers from an Arctic cruise ship that ran aground last week were expected to be flown back south Saturday night, weather and sea ice permitting.
“We’re considering it,” said Catherine Lawton of One Ocean Expeditions tour company.
“Right now, everything’s dependent on weather and ice. What we’re trying to do is watch the variables and put possible options in place.”
The Akademic Ioffe, operated by One Ocean, ran aground Friday morning in Pelly Bay about 70 kilometres north of Kugaruuk, on the Simpson Peninsula on Canada’s eastern Arctic coast.