A total of 18 tourists were injured after ice fell from a glacier and hit their luxury sightseeing ship in the Arctic, 300 miles north of Norway.

At least seven of the hurt, a crew-member among them, were flown to Norwegian hospitals with serious injuries.

Ten others were treated for minor traumas and are now back on the vessel, called the Alexey Maryshev, which docked at a nearby port under its power following the incident last night.

There were 70 passengers aboard, including 50 Britons, at the time of the accident.

A statement for the tour company, which has organized the trip, said the ship had been near to an iceshelf when a part of the glacier "calved off.

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