Complex sentence: This ceased company operations effective May 17,2011, less than four months after the grounding of "Polar Star", and left its 27-member crew stranded without pay in the Canary Islands in Spain.
Split into simpler sentences: This ceased company operations effective May 17,2011, less than four months after the grounding of "Polar Star". Her 27-member crew was left stranded without pay in the Canary Islands in Spain.