A pair of Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers remain on course to the site where a passenger ship ran aground in Canada's Far North.
The tour company opearting the vessel - One Ocean Expeditions - said in a Tweet that the vessel has now been sucessefully re-floated.
The Canadian Coast Guard ships Pierre Radisson and Amundsen are on their way to the vessel that ran aground near Kugaaruk, Nunavut.
The vessel is said to be in stable condition with no injuries to passengers nor is there any immediate danger to the environment.
In a media release, One Ocean Expeditions says the Akademik Ioffe became grounded in the western Gulf of Boothia on Friday morning.
The tour company, which has a mailing address in Squamish, B.C., says the captain reported the incident to the relevant federal and territorial agencies. It says the nearest vessel, the Akademik Ioffe's sister ship the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, is providing support and assistance.