Ship freed after running aground

A British cruise ship which made headlines when a pensioner on board was killed by a freak wave has restarted an Arctic voyage after running aground off Norway.

The 22,000-tonne MS Marco Polo, with 763 mainly British passengers aboard, was manoeuvring to drop anchor in high winds near Leknes in the northern Lofoten Islands today when it became lodged in soft mud, British owner Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) said.