Abantu abangu-120 base-Australia ababephakathi kwabantu abangu-XNUMX ababegibele umkhumbi owalimala ngesikhathi ushayisa idwala e-Antarctica bahanjiswe ngokuphepha e-Argentina.
Isabambeke edwaleni, itshekele ohlangothini olulodwa, ithatha amanzi kanye nophethiloli ovuzayo, i-MV Ushuaia kulindeleke ukuthi ikhululwe ekuhambeni okuphezulu okulandelayo, kusho umkhulumeli wabavakashi base-Antarctic namuhla.
“Inkinga enkulu manje yokuthi abagibeli baphephile, ukuthi ingabe zizoba khona izinkinga zemvelo, kodwa njengamanje akubonakali kuyinkinga enkulu,” uSteve Wellmeier, umqondisi omkhulu we-International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators ezinze e-US. , wathi.
UMnu Wellmeier uthe umkhumbi wamasosha aseChile ugibele abagibeli kanye nezisebenzi zomkhumbi oshayiwe ngoLwesihlanu, wabayisa eKing George Island, ekugcineni enyakatho ye-Antarctic peninsula.
Uthe abantu ababalelwa ku-120, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi abahlanu, bandize ngendiza yase-Argentina izolo ebusuku baya edolobheni lase-Ushuaia - okuyisizinda esiyinhloko sohambo oluya e-Antarctic.
"Ukusuka lapho bazoya nomaphi lapho izinhlelo zabo zokubuyela ekhaya zibayisa khona," kusho uMnu Wellmeier.
Kukholakala ukuthi izisebenzi zomkhumbi kanye nabasebenzi ababili base-Antarpply Expeditions basasele emkhunjini ophansi.
Lesi yiphutha lesithathu lomkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-Antarctica kumasizini amabili. Esigamekweni esabisa kakhulu, umkhumbi waseCanada onabagibeli abangu-154 ushaye intaba yeqhwa wacwila, waphoqelela ababephakathi ukuba bangene ezikebheni zokuhlenga futhi wabangela ukushabalala kukaphethiloli.
Njengoba elibangise e-Antarctica ngoLwesithathu, uGarry Matthews wase-Adelaide uthe lesi sigameko ngeke simenze aqhubeke "nohambo lwempilo yakhe yonke".
Ngemva kokuchitha izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ehlela ukuvakashela e-Antarctic nase-Argentina, lo mfundi oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala ofundele ubudokotela uthe abantu abavakashela e-Antarctic babelulekwa ngokugcwele ngezingozi ezikhona ngaphambi kokubhuka.
“Konke kuhleliwe, konke kuhlelekile, abantu engihamba nabo bake bakwenza izikhathi eziningi ngaphambili, banezinhlelo eziphuthumayo nezimo eziphuthumayo,” usho kanje.
"Yebo ikude, ngakho awukwazi ukuchofoza iminwe yakho bese uthi `Ngidinga ibhanoyi elinophephela emhlane ukusiza lo muntu', kodwa lokho akufani nalapho ngisebenze khona e-Indonesia iminyaka emithathu."
Ngenkathi ebhukhelwe inkampani yezokuvakasha ngaphandle kwe-Antarpply Expeditions, uMnu Matthews uthe zonke izivakashi zenqatshelwe ukugibela noma yiluphi uhambo lwase-Antarctic ngaphandle komshwalense wokuhamba ophelele.
UMnu Wellmeier uthe yize ebengazi ukuthi i-Antarpply Expeditions izowabuyisela yini amakhasimende abegibele ohambweni olushayekile, izinguquko ezinhlelweni zokuhamba beziyinto evamile uma uvakashela i-Antarctic.
“Uma uvaleleke ngaphandle ngenxa yesimo sezulu izinsuku ezimbili … cha awutholi mbuyiselo, lokhu kuyingxenye yohambo,” esho.
“Izindlela zohambo zingashintsha ngenxa yesimo sezulu, iqhwa futhi kunzima kakhulu ukubikezela ukuthi yini ongayenza, ongeke ukwazi ukuyenza, uma uya endaweni efana ne-Antarctica.”
