The 28,500–gt Highlanders (built 2007) was trapped off Cape Breton on Monday with 190 passengers on board.

CBC reported on Wednesday it had finally made it to Newfoundland.

"It encountered some pressurised thick ice just off Cape Breton and became stuck," said Darrell Mercer of Marine Atlantic. "This is just another of those challenges Mother Nature seems to be throwing at us."

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