Three people have Friday been evacuated from a Norwegian rescue ship.
Two polarfarere created in november headlines for their ruthless expedition of the north Pole. The two could breath a sigh of relief when they were picked up by the Norwegian rescue ship Lance, but the seeds are not over yet. For now the ship stuck in the ice.
It writes the Norwegian media VG.
Børge Ousland and Mike Horn called the two polarfarere, and they have spent three months on the ice with scarce resources in tough conditions with temperatures down to minus 25 degrees.
the Night 8. december, the two picked up by the ship ‘Lance’, who was sent to get the two to safety. But now the ship stuck in the ice, and the latest announcement is that Friday was sent a rescue helicopter set off to pick up three persons.
“We can confirm that a sar helicopter should up and carry out an evacuation of at least one person. It happens at 12 o’clock, and the helicopter will be back in Longyearbyen at 14:30,” says redningsleder Raymond Prestøy to the Norwegian Aftenposten.
in Addition to pick up three persons had redningshelikopteren 50 kilos of food to the remaining people on board.
It disclosed that one person is evacuated due to ‘medical’ reasons.
the Media VG has a reportagehold aboard the ship, and according to them have the ship’s captain wanted to evacuate as many people as possible. It has he desired, because the food is about to get up.
Even want the two polarfarere not to be evacuated, since they want to complete their project, informs their spokesperson for Norwegian TV 2.
the Crew aboard the Lance has in recent days been working on to make cracks in the ice until the weather conditions improves.
‘Lance’ stuck in the ship north of Spitsbergen, and it can not be said with certainty whether the ship can detach themselves again. Reported, however, on the win, that can be beneficial for the ship in the course of the next few days.
