Izindaba zokuvakasha: Kutholwe izivakashi eziyi-15 ezilahlekile eGreenland

COPENHAGEN — Kutholakale izivakashi ezingu-XNUMX ebezilahlekile ngemuva kwesiphepho empumalanga yeGreenland futhi kusobala ukuthi ziphephile, kusho amaphoyisa ngoLwesithathu.

"Indiza enophephela emhlane yamaphoyisa ibabonile futhi kubukeka sengathi bonke bahamba kahle," kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa uMorten Nielsen etshela i-Associated Press ngocingo eseNuuk, inhloko-dolobha yaseGreenland.

Khonamanjalo, entshonalanga yeGreenland, isivakashi esisodwa saseNorway satholwa sishonile kanti abanye ababili abakatholakali ohambweni lokudoba.

Abatakuli bebelokhu befuna iqembu elilahlekile labagibeli bemikhumbi abahamba ngezinyawo nangolwandle ehlane lase-Arctic eduze nendawo yase-Illoqqortoormiut (ee-lor-KOO-toor-mee-oot).

Iziphathimandla zithi abantu abangu-27 bebehamba nge-kayaking ngamaqembu amancane ngoLwesibili ohlelweni olukhulu lwe-fjord ngesikhathi kuhlasela isiphepho kungazelelwe. Abayishumi nambili kubo, okuhlanganisa nabayisithupha baseJalimane, batholakale ngoLwesibili.

Abanye abagibeli bama-kayaker batakulwe bephephile ngisho nangemva kokucwila emanzini abandayo, kusho uNielsen.

Abatakuli bebengaxhumani nabanye abangu-15, okungaziwa ukuthi bangowaluphi uhlanga, baze babonwa ngoLwesithathu yindiza enophephela emhlane yamaphoyisa.

I-Illoqqortoormiut ingamakhilomitha angama-280 (amakhilomitha angama-450) enyakatho ye-Arctic Circle.

UNielsen uthe abatakuli sebezogxila ekuthungatheni laba ababili baseNorway abasadukile entshonalanga yeGreenland. Isidumbu sozakwabo besisemfuleni, esho.

IGreenland, indawo yase-Danish ezimele kancane, iheha izivakashi zasehlobo ezithatha uhambo lokuqwala izintaba ezimbozwe yiqhwa kanye ne-kayaking kuma-fjords anezinguzunga zeqhwa ezinhle. Ngo-2009 izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-40,000 zavakashela iGreenland, iningi labo ehlobo, ngokusho kwezibalo ezisemthethweni.

Ama-vistas ayamangaza kepha ukuhamba ngezinyawo kungaba yingozi. Izimo zezulu zishintsha ngokushesha futhi izinsiza zokuhlenga zinomkhawulo.

“Sinemisebenzi eminingi yokusesha minyaka yonke, olwandle nasemhlabeni,” kusho uNielsen. “Sinabantu abambalwa abadukayo esingabe sisabathola. IGreenland inkulu.”