Nearly 300 passengers, including 113 Americans, were awaiting rescue Wednesday from a Norwegian cruise ship that ran aground off a remote Antarctic island, damaging its hull.

Cruise ship spilled fuel off Antarctic island 
MADRID - Fuel from a Norwegian cruise ship has spilled onto the coastline of an Antarctic island after the vessel ran aground nearby, a scientist from Spain’s base in the area said on Thursday.

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