A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday.
In a statement, the Australian Antarctic Division said the icebreaking ship RSV Nuyina had sailed more than 3,000 kilometers from Hobart in Tasmania to the Casey Research Station in the east Antarctic to attend to the unnamed patient. The AAD said the expeditioner needs specialist medical assessment and care in Australia for a “developing medical condition,” but did not disclose further information.
“The first phase of the evacuation was performed safely and successfully and the ship is now on the return voyage to Hobart,” Clifton said in the statement. “The expeditioner will be looked after in the Nuyina’s specially equipped and designed medical facility by our polar medicine doctors and Royal Hobart Hospital medical staff.” The vessel, which has a maximum speed of 16 knots, is expected to arrive back in Hobart next week, depending on weather conditions, the AAD said.
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