Ibhere elimhlophe libulale umfana waseBrithani oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala e-Arctic lalimaza abanye abavakashi abane base-UK.
U-Horatio Chapple, wase-Wiltshire, wayenabanye abangu-12 ohambweni lwe-British Schools Exploring Society eduze nendawo yeqhwa esiqhingini saseNorway iSpitsbergen.
Abane abalimele - ababili kanzima - bahlanganisa abaholi ababili bohambo. Bayiswe eTromsoe lapho isimo sabo sizinzile.
Usihlalo we-BSES u-Edward Watson uchaze uMnu Chapple “njengensizwa ekahle”.
UMnu Watson uthe umphakathi ubuxhumene nomndeni wakhe - ohlala eduze kwaseSalisbury - futhi uveze "uzwela lwethu olukhulu".
Wathi: “UHoratio wayeyinsizwa ekahle, enethemba lokuqhubeka nokufunda imithi ngemva kwesikole. Ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti ngabe ube udokotela osezingeni eliphezulu.”
Wathi umqondisi omkhulu wenhlangano wayelibangise eSpitsbergen, esiqhingini seziqhingi saseSvalbard, wengeza: “Siyaqhubeka nokuqoqa ulwazi ngale nhlekelele.”
UMnu Chapple ubefunda e-Eton College eBerkshire. UGeoff Riley, inhloko yezokufundisa nokufunda kulesi sikole ushaye indesheni kuTwitter, wathi imicabango yakhe nemikhuleko ikumndeni wakhe.
Indiza engujekamanzi yanyakaza
Lokhu kuhlasela, eduze kweqhwa laseVon Post cishe amakhilomitha angu-25 ukusuka eLongyearbyen, kwenzeke ekuseni ngoLwesihlanu.
Leli qembu lixhumane neziphathimandla lisebenzisa i-satellite phone kwabe sekuthunyelwa indiza enophephela emhlane ukuthi izobahlenga.
Ibhele lidutshulwe labulawa yilungu laleli qembu.
I-BSES, inhlangano esiza abantulayo ngokuthuthukisa intsha, ithe amadoda alimele ngabaholi bohambo uMichael Reid, 29, no-Andrew Ruck, 27, ongowaseBrighton kodwa ohlala e-Edinburgh, kanye namalungu ohambo uPatrick Flinders, 17, waseJersey, noScott Smith, 16.
Abalimele baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela eLongyearbyen base bedluliselwa esibhedlela saseNyuvesi eTromsoe, ezweni laseNorway.
Okhulumela isibhedlela uthe iziguli zisesimweni esigculisayo.
Uyise kaPatrick Flinders, uTerry, uthe ukholelwa ukuthi leli bhere lawela ucingo langena etendeni lendodana yakhe.
“Ngokusho kukadokotela nabanye abantu uPatrick wayezama ukuvika ibhere elimhlophe ngokulishaya ekhaleni – kungani, angazi, kodwa wakwenza futhi… nekhanda nengalo yakhe,” usho kanje.
Kuyingozi kakhulu
Abakhathazekile ngezihlobo zabo kumele bashayele ku-0047 7902 4305 noma 0047 7902 4302.
Inxusa lase-UK eNorway, uJane Owen, uhola ithimba lenxusa eTromsoe ukuhlinzeka ngosizo eqenjini lohambo.
Uthe lo mcimbi “ushaqisa futhi uhlasimulisa umzimba”.
“Angikwazi nokucabanga ukuthi kuwusizi olungakanani kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile ikakhulukazi imindeni.
"Futhi imicabango nemikhuleko yethu iyaphuma, ikakhulukazi kubazali kanye nomndeni wakwaHoratio kodwa nawo wonke umuntu othintwe yilokhu."
U-Lars Erik Alfheim, isekela-mbusi waseSvalbard, uthe amabhere amhlophe avamile kule ndawo.
“Kulezi zinsuku lapho iqhwa lingena liphuma njengoba lenza njengamanje, akulula ukuthi uhlangane namabhere amhlophe. Amabhere amhlophe ayingozi kakhulu futhi ayisilwane esingahlasela ngaphandle kwesaziso.”
Iqembu le-BSES labantu abangu-80 bebesohambweni olwaqala mhla zingama-23 kuNtulikazi kanti bekumele luqhubeke kuze kube umhla zingama-28 kuNcwaba.
Ibhulogi ekuwebhusayithi yaleli qembu yangomhla zingama-27 kuJulayi ichaze ukubonwa kwamabhere asezindaweni ezishisayo enkampini yabo lapho ayehlushwe khona ngenxa “yeqhwa elingakaze libonwe e-fjord”.
“Naphezu kwalokhu wonke umuntu wayenomoya omuhle ngoba sahlangana nebhere elimhlophe lintanta eqhweni, kulokhu sibe nenhlanhla yokuboleka isibonakude somqondisi onomusa waseNorway ukuze sisibone kahle,” kusho yena.
"Ngemuva kwalokho okuhlangenwe nakho ngingasho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi wonke umuntu waphupha amabhere amhlophe ngalobo busuku."
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ihhovisi lombusi lixwayise abantu ngokuhlaselwa kwamabhere ngemuva kokubonwa abambalwa ngaseLongyearbyen.
I-BSES Expeditions, ezinze e-Kensington, entshonalanga neLondon, ihlela uhambo lwesayensi oluya ezindaweni ezikude ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenzisana kanye nomoya wokuzidela.
Yasungulwa ngo-1932 yilungu lohambo lokugcina lwe-Antarctic lukaCaptain Scott lwango-1910-13.
Amabhere amhlophe angezinye zezilwane ezinkulu ezidla inyama emhlabeni, afinyelela ku-8ft (2.5m) futhi anesisindo esingu-800kg (125st).
