Fuel slick from sunk ship spreads to Greenland fjord

Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 20, 2024

Firefighters scrambled Friday to contain a diesel fuel spill from a ship that sunk off Greenland’s coast, police said, potentially damaging the fragile Arctic environment.

After the ship hit a reef and ran aground overnight Wednesday to Thursday, “films of hydrocarbons are visible on the surface of the water in the Nanortalik fjords” in the south, police said.

Up to 20,000 litres (5,300
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