Patrol vessel Þór with a passenger ship in tow from Greenland
The patrol vessel Þór and Polarfront in Fonfjord in Greenland. Photo/The Icelandic Coast Guard
The patrol vessel Þór arrived on the third hour to Reykjavik with the French passenger ship Polarfont in tow from Greenland.
The Coast Guard was contacted because of a mechanical failure in the passenger ship which had been a problem for several days when the ship was in Fohnfjord, which is a fjord in Scoresby Sound in Greenland.
A towing line shot between the ships. Photo/The Icelandic Coast Guard
“It was requested that Þór go to Greenland as the passenger ship was in trouble due to mechanical failure. Þór sailed from Seyðisfjörður on Wednesday. It was a two-day sailing trip. Thor had reached the ship on Friday.
A towing line was placed between the two and the voyage to Reykjavik took over three days in quite rough seas. It was a considerable task for the crew,” Ásgeir Erlendsson, information officer for the Coast Guard, told mbl.is, but Polarfront will now be repaired.
Þór towing Polarfront on the way to Iceland. Photo/The Icelandic Coast Guard
Þór coming with Polarfront in tow to Reykjavík. Photo/Sent to mbl.is
Þór coming into Reykjavík harbour with the french passenger ship Polarfont in tow today. Photo/Jón Páll Ásgeirsson
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