Ice flight awaited
The passengers and crew from the ill-fated Gotland II in Antarctica have split into two groups and are waiting to be flown to McMurdo Station.
Twenty-seven survivors were on Saturday flown 115 km by United States Navy helicopter from their temporary refuge on Surgeon Island to Lili Marlene Hut, the mainland base camp of the West German geological survey team. The second group of 14 survivors used the Hughes 500 helicopters that had been
their “lifeboats” when they abandoned ship on Friday to fly to the joint New ZealandUnited States geological survey base on Evans. Neve. The base at Evans Neve is about 600 km north of McMurdo Station, and 110 km south of Lili Marlene Hut.
All 41 passengers and crew were reported to be safe and well. There was no change in the situation yesterday. It was difficult to get information about the future movements of those rescued. Officials of the United
States Antarctic support force said that a statement would be made this morning. It is believed that the group at Lili Marlene Hut will remain there to complete geological research before joining the others at Evans Neve.
All would then be taken to McMurdo Station by United States Navy Hercules aircraft. Officials did not know when that would be, or when those rescued would be flown back to New Zealand. ,
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