Ibhere elimhlophe libulale inkwenkwe yaseBritane eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala e-Arctic kwaye yenzakalisa abanye abakhenkethi abane base-UK.
UHoratio Chapple, waseWiltshire, wayekunye nabanye abali-12 kuhambo lweBritish Schools Exploring Society kufutshane nomkhenkce kwisiqithi saseNorway iSpitsbergen.
Aba bane abenzakeleyo - ababini ngokugqithisileyo - baquka iinkokeli ezimbini zohambo. Baye basiwa eTromsoe apho imeko yabo izinzile.
Usihlalo weBSES uEdward Watson uchaze uMnu Chapple “njengomfana olungileyo”.
Umnumzana Watson uthe uluntu belunxibelelana nosapho lwakhe - oluhlala kufutshane neSalisbury - kwaye banikeze "uvelwano lwethu olukhulu".
Wathi: “UHoratio wayengumfana olungileyo, enethemba lokuqhubeka nokufunda amayeza emva kokuphuma kwesikolo. Ngazo zonke iimeko ebeza kuba ngugqirha obalaseleyo. "
Wathi umalathisi olawulayo wombutho wayesiya eSpitsbergen, kwichweba laseSvalbard, wongeza ngelithi: “Siyaqhubeka nokuqokelela ulwazi ngale ntlekele.”
Umnumzana Chapple wayefunda kwiKholeji yase-Eton eBerkshire. UGeoff Riley, intloko yezobuchwephesha bokufundisa nokufunda kwesi sikolo unike imbeko kuTwitter, esithi iingcinga nemithandazo yakhe ikusapho lwakhe.
Ihelikopta yanyoshoza
Uhlaselo, kufutshane nomkhenkce weVon Post malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-25 (40km) ukusuka eLongyearbyen, lwenzeke kwangethuba ngoLwesihlanu.
Eli qela laqhagamshelana nabasemagunyeni lisebenzisa i<em>satellite phone kwaza kwathunyelwa inqwelo-ntaka ukuze ibahlangule.
Ibhere ladutyulwa labulawa lelinye ilungu leqela.
I-BSES, isisa sophuhliso lolutsha, yathi amadoda enzakeleyo yayiziinkokeli zohambo uMichael Reid, 29, no-Andrew Ruck, 27, osuka eBrighton kodwa uhlala e-Edinburgh, kunye namalungu ohambo uPatrick Flinders, 17, waseJersey, kunye noScott Smith, 16.
Abonzakeleyo bathunyelwe kwisibhedlele saseLongyearbyen baza emva koko basiwa kwiSibhedlele seYunivesithi eTromsoe, kumhlaba omkhulu waseNorway.
Isithethi sesi sibhedlele sithi abaguli bakwimeko ezinzileyo ngoku.
Utata kaPatrick Flinders, uTerry, uthe ukholelwa ukuba ibhere elimhlophe liwele intambo yohambo langena kwintente yonyana wakhe.
“Ngokutsho kukagqirha nabanye abantu uPatrick wayezama ukunqanda ibhere elimhlophe ngokulibetha empumlweni – ngoba, andazi, kodwa wenjenjalo kwaye… nentloko yakhe nengalo yakhe,” utshilo.
Iyingozi kakhulu
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Unozakuzaku wase-UK eNorway, uJane Owen, ukhokela iqela le-consular eTromsoe ukubonelela ngoncedo kwiqela lohambo.
Uthe lo msitho “wothusa ngokwenene kwaye uyoyikeka”.
“Andinakuqala ukucinga ukuba yintlungu eyoyikekayo kuye wonke umntu obandakanyekayo kwaye ngakumbi iintsapho.
"Kwaye iingcinga zethu kunye nemithandazo iyaphuma, ngakumbi kubazali kunye nosapho lwaseHoratio kodwa naye wonke umntu ochatshazelwe yile nto."
ULars Erik Alfheim, usekela-rhuluneli waseSvalbard, uthe iibhere ezimhlophe zixhaphakile kule ndawo.
“Kwezi ntsuku xa umkhenkce ungena kwaye uphuma njengoko wenzayo ngoku, akulula ukudibana neebhere ezimhlophe. Iibhere ezimhlophe ziyingozi kakhulu kwaye sisilwanyana esinokuhlasela ngaphandle kwesaziso. "
Iqela le-BSES labantu be-80 babekuhambo olwaqala ngo-23 Julayi kwaye lwalucwangciselwe ukuba luqhube kude kube ngu-28 Agasti.
Ibhlog ekwiwebhusayithi yeqela yomhla wama-27 kaJulayi ichaze ukubonwa kweebhere ezimhlophe zisuka kwinkampu yazo apho zazilahlwe khona ngenxa “yomkhenkce ongazange ubonwe kwi-fjord”.
“Nangona wonke umntu wayenomoya omhle kuba sadibana nebhere elimhlophe lidada phezu komkhenkce, ngeli xesha sibe nethamsanqa lokuboleka iteleskopu yomkhokeli onobubele waseNorway ukuze siyibone kakuhle,” yatsho.
"Emva kwaloo mava ndingatsho ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba wonke umntu waphupha ngeebhere ezimhlophe ngobo busuku."
Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka iofisi yerhuluneli yalumkisa abantu ngohlaselo lwebhere emva kokuba uninzi lwabonwa kufutshane neLongyearbyen.
I-BSES Expeditions, eseKensington, kwintshona yeLondon, iququzelela uhambo lwenzululwazi kwiindawo ezikude ukuphuhlisa ukusebenzisana kunye nomoya wokuzonwabisa.
Yasekwa ngo-1932 lilungu lohambo lokugqibela lwe-Antarctic kaKapteni Scott ngowe-1910-13.
Iibhere ezimhlophe zezinye zezona zidla inyama zinkulu emhlabeni, zifikelela kwi-8ft (2.5m) kwaye zinobunzima obuyi-800kg (125st).
