Abantu abalishumi elinanye base-Australia ababephakathi kwe-120 yabantu ababekhwele inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa eyonakeleyo xa ibetha iliwa e-Antarctica baye bakhutshelwa ngokukhuselekileyo eArgentina.
Esabambelele edwaleni, ejonge kwelinye icala, ethatha amanzi kunye ne-fuel evuzayo, i-MV Ushuaia kulindeleke ukuba ikhululwe kwi-tide ephezulu elandelayo, isithethi sabaqhubi bezokhenketho base-Antarctic sathi namhlanje.
Umba ophambili ngoku wokuba abakhweli bekhuselekile, ingaba ziya kubakho naziphi na iingxaki zokusingqongileyo, kodwa okwangoku akubonakali kuyingxaki enkulu,” uSteve Wellmeier, umlawuli olawulayo we-US-based International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators. , watsho.
Umnumzana Wellmeier uthe inqanawa yomkhosi wasemanzini yaseChile yathatha abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi kwinqanawa ebethwe ngolwe-Sihlanu, yabasa kwiSiqithi iKing George, kumantla e-Antarctic peninsula.
Uthe malunga ne-120 abantu, kubandakanywa nabasebenzi abahlanu, baqhutywe ngenqwelomoya yase-Argentina ngobusuku obudlulileyo ukuya kwidolophu yase-Ushuaia - eyona ndawo iphambili yohambo lokuya e-Antarctic.
“Ukusuka apho baya kuya naphi na apho izicwangciso zabo zokugoduka zibathatha,” utshilo uMnu Wellmeier.
Kukholelwa ukuba abasebenzi benqanawa kunye nabasebenzi ababini be-Antarpply Expeditions basahleli kwinqanawa ephantsi.
Le yinqanawa yesithathu yokuhamba ngenqanawa eAntarctica kwiisizini ezimbini. Esona siganeko sothusayo, inqanawa yaseKhanada eyayinabakhweli abali-154 yantlitha intaba yomkhenkce yaza yazika, yaza yanyanzelela abantu ababekhwele kwizikhephe zokuhlangula yaza yabangela ukutyibilika kwepetroli.
Ngenxa yokunduluka e-Antarctica ngolwesiThathu, uGarry Matthews osuka e-Adelaide uthe esi sehlo asizukumnqanda ekuqhubekeni “nohambo lobomi bonke”.
Emva kokuba echithe iinyanga ezisibhozo ecwangcisa uhambo lokuya e-Antarctic naseArgentina, umfundi wezonyango oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala uthe abantu abahamba besiya e-Antarctic bacetyiswe ngokupheleleyo ngeengozi zendalo ngaphambi kokuba babhukishe.
“Yonke into icwangcisiwe, yonke into icwangcisiwe, abantu endihamba nabo baye bayenza izihlandlo ezininzi ngaphambili, banezicwangciso ezingxamisekileyo,” utshilo.
"Ewe ikude, kwaye ngenxa yoko awukwazi ukucofa iminwe yakho kwaye uthi `Ndidinga inqwelo-ntaka ukunceda lo mntu', kodwa loo nto ayifani nalapho bendisebenza khona e-Indonesia iminyaka emithathu."
Ngelixa ibhukishelwe kumkhenkethi ongeyiyo i-Antarpply Expeditions, uMnu Matthews uthe bonke abakhenkethi bathintelwe ukuba bakhwele kulo naluphi na ukhenketho lwase-Antarctic ngaphandle kwe-inshurensi yohambo epheleleyo.
Umnumzana Wellmeier uthe ngelixa engazi ukuba i-Antarpply Expeditions iya kubabuyisela na abathengi abebekhwele uhambo ngenqanawa, utshintsho kumalungiselelo okuhamba ibiyindawo eqhelekileyo xa ukhenketha e-Antarctic.
“Ukuba uvaleleke ngaphandle yimozulu iintsuku ezimbini … hayi awufumani mbuyekezo, le yinxalenye yohambo,” utshilo.
“Uhambo lunokutshintsha ngenxa yemozulu, umkhenkce kwaye kunzima ukuqikelela into onokuyenza, into ongakwaziyo ukuyenza, xa usiya kwindawo efana ne-Antarctica.”
