NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. – Marine Atlantic says an icebreaker is on its way after two ferries carrying hundreds of passengers were slowed by extreme ice conditions since last night in the Cabot Strait.
The M-V Blue Puttees is on its way to North Sydney in Nova Scotia and has about 350 passengers on board.
Marine Atlantic used its twitter feed to show a picture of the M-V Highlanders arriving in Port aux Basques in Newfoundland and Labrador with about 450 people on board.
Marine Atlantic spokesman Darrell Mercer says the Highlanders managed to move free of ice this morning.
But the Blue Puttees sits in the thickest ice about six kilometres from North Sydney.
Mercer says the Blue Puttees managed to move a few kilometres this morning before it became trapped.
The Crown corporation tweeted that the Blue Puttees was making slow progress this afternoon.
Passengers have been on the ferry for more than 24 hours but Mercer says it has an ample supply of fuel and food.
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