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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.90,0:00:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newscasters: minute by minute drama playing out on the frozen high seas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.74,0:00:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A rescue mission to free a ship trapped by thick ice in Antartica is running into major trouble this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.57,0:00:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditions just too rough to reach the stranded ship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.54,0:00:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been nearly 100 hours since the Russian vessel first ran into trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.76,0:00:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they're trapped. Caught in a deep freeze, a helicopter will fly most of the passengers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.25,0:00:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Australian ice-breaker at the edge of the sea ice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.32,0:00:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the helicopter that began the rescue of 52 people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.40,0:00:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trapped in the Antarctic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.58,0:00:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of the thing was enormous. It's like the whole air was vibrating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.25,0:00:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It literally came over the top of our heads and suddenly the down draft was awe inspiring
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.64,0:01:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were bundled into the helicopter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.40,0:01:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we flew I was able to see the ice and to me it was an amazing thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.63,0:01:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually see the ice stretching into the distance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was amazed just to see how vast this field of ice was that we were all embedded in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.75,0:01:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was phenomenal, the ice that had come around us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.42,0:01:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That flight left me thinking, I don't know how Shokalskiy's gonna get out of this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.81,0:01:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shokalskiy could become a permanent feature of Antarctica
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.70,0:02:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a scientist Antarctica is just one of the most exciting regions of the world to work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.82,0:02:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so much we still need to understand and how it fits into the global system
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.63,0:02:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an extreme environment and the key thing is you just have to try and anticipate what might change
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.26,0:02:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we left Bluff in southern New Zealand on 8th December
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.84,0:02:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a real buzz and excitement cos' this was the big one
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.16,0:02:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was 4 weeks heading south
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.86,0:02:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The process of getting to Antarctica
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.75,0:03:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by ship is a really exciting one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.25,0:03:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you see the land drop behind you and then you're all alone on the sea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.16,0:03:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's an alien environment for many people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.68,0:03:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also you're getting used to your fellow passengers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.64,0:03:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're starting to form not only a relationship with the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.36,0:03:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're starting to forms relationships with people who you're going to be travelling with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.28,0:03:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very often for several weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.77,0:03:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half the team were full-time scientists looking at the full range
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.53,0:03:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the natural and physical sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.44,0:03:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from bird observations all the way through to the inner workings of the southern ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.12,0:03:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each day it gets a little colder and then half way across you come to this extraordinary
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.21,0:03:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biological boundary which is the edge of the cold water
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.67,0:03:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Antarctica, the polar front.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond which the water is suddenly cold, Antarctic cold
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.25,0:04:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was cold enough to support icebergs, so there is somewhere you start to see these
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.89,0:04:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behemoths of ice, floating around like small countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.68,0:04:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chunks of Antarctica which have snapped off and floated away
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.37,0:04:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was such excitement across all of the passengers once we started to see the first
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.97,0:04:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,penguins on ice flows as we went past.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.25,0:04:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent a lot of my life watching Penguins
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.46,0:05:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're constantly fascinating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.14,0:05:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are a sentient being which we can have some connection with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.80,0:05:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're charming and upright and walking around seemingly
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.25,0:05:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at ease and busily going about their business
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.46,0:05:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a Weddell Seal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.60,0:05:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have any land predators so they're very relaxed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.71,0:05:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're very chilled seals and you can see this guy's not bothered
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.43,0:05:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by us at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.93,0:05:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the biopsy hits a Seal it can only go so far and then
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.47,0:05:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pops back out again and you can see here at the edge
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.62,0:05:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the little bit of blubber there. I use the fur to look at
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.10,0:06:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stable isotopes, to look at diet and to look at how far the animals have ranged
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.88,0:06:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the skin we do genetics.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.82,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So although we've just biopsied him he's now rolling over and about to go to sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it mustn't be too traumatic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.85,0:06:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shokalskiy started getting into trouble when we left the edge of the fast ice
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.86,0:06:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the polinear near the Hodgeman Islands
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.55,0:07:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ice was closing quickly around us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.95,0:07:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throughout that night the captain and the officers fought very hard to get the vessel
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.81,0:07:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out into open water and they couldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.89,0:07:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was too much ice closing in on the ship like a big vice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.52,0:07:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could feel the ship banging into huge towers and bashing and lurching
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.81,0:07:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was quite dramatic
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.63,0:07:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we woke up the following morning to find the ship completely surrounded by ice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.77,0:07:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not able to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.92,0:07:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was this chaotic scene of jumbled block of ice almost like a derelict city
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.22,0:07:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the ship started to be pushed over by the pressure of the ice
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.72,0:08:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it started to heel a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.16,0:08:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realised that we were fully embedded in that ice
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.53,0:08:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something significant was going to have to happen for us to get out of there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.16,0:08:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a little nervous about the psychological cocktail that we'd been thrown into
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.56,0:08:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were some people who were very concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.24,0:08:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people were encouraged to ask questions of the expedition leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.44,0:08:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday we were on the edge of the fast ice near the Hodgeman Islands
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.79,0:08:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've moved about a mile and a half over night
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.47,0:08:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to fight our way out of the pack ice which came round the ship yesterday afternoon
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.71,0:08:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this morning at about 8 o'clock the captain decided just to sit and wait for a while
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.17,0:08:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our circumstances got each day, hour by hour more and more difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.26,0:09:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first it was OK 'we're stuck for a while and we'll just wait and we'll get out'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.81,0:09:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then it changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.11,0:09:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 hours later icebergs had come into our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.57,0:09:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chill went through me to be honest
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.60,0:09:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly when they started to talk about the possibility of icebergs moving within
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.20,0:09:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,600 meters of the bow.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.100,0:09:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was the potential for those icebergs to run into the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.37,0:09:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that point the captain pushed the distress button
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.10,0:09:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after our distress button was pushed the rescue co-ordination centre called on every resource
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.39,0:09:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they could to come to our assistance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.41,0:09:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the closest help that we knew was coming our was was the Chinese ice-breaker called
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.37,0:09:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xue Long or the Snow Dragon and that was travelling from Perth to the Ross Sea
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.76,0:10:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that agreed to divert to help break us out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.88,0:10:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard her on the VHF radio
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.14,0:10:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK thank you"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.58,0:10:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just got our first sight of the ship, it's about 9.5 miles away from us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.17,0:10:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a big moment because it means that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.83,0:10:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's more of a psychological desire of the captain of the ship to get to us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.74,0:10:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once he can see us, we're not just a dot on a radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.79,0:10:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was pushing through, coming towards and just thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.56,0:10:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh my gosh, with any luck it could be here by the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.21,0:10:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be extraordinary, so people were very buoyant and very excited
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.90,0:10:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.52,0:10:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a few hours sleep and woke about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.49,0:10:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6 and basically it was clear that the Xue Long hadn't really moved at all
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.78,0:11:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xue Long reached to within about six miles of us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.97,0:11:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and found the going very difficult and the captain has decided to turn around
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.38,0:11:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that set the tone for the coming 5 days or so
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.13,0:11:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every step of the way as that week unfolded
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.99,0:11:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in a sense a series of dissapointments
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.15,0:11:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The art class that we have scheduled is going on for 11 o'clock
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.58,0:11:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the dining room"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.99,0:11:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mood became almost jovial
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.46,0:11:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we started to start things to find things to do and we set about to get a calendar
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.72,0:11:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of events going which we all attended with enthusiasm
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.15,0:11:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if anything it became quite sort of surreal, it was quite boisterous considering
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.76,0:11:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the situation we were in.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.58,0:11:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The whole world is making a fuss, Big Brother House has nothing on us"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.53,0:12:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the Guardian and the BBC are putting out news on you and me"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.67,0:12:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a bloody great shame we're still stuck here"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.63,0:12:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Researchers and tourists rang in the New Year on frozen Antarctic Tundra
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.56,0:12:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still stuck on a ship, locked in by thick ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.98,0:12:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To another rescue underway this evening, this one moving a bit more slowly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.55,0:12:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the ice first formed around the ship open water was just 2 miles away
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.20,0:12:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take this technology for granted ago but a couple of generations ago you would be deciding
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.62,0:12:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which one to eat first!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.16,0:12:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days, our situation had deteriorated quite significantly
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.52,0:12:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Xue Long couldn't get to us and the captain of Xue Long decided that he would stay there
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.58,0:12:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting within view of us until the Aurora Australis came into the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.17,0:12:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hope that the extra power of Aurora Australis would be able to cut us out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.76,0:13:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Aurora Australis, which is the Australian Government ice-breaker came into the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.94,0:13:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the very word go because they were tasked to come to our assistance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.97,0:13:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,straight away but they were much further afield
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.62,0:13:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aurora Australis, Shokalskiy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.24,0:13:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Shokalskiy, Aurora Australis go ahead"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.75,0:13:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after very hard effort from Aurora Australis the captain told us
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.39,0:13:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he wasn't able to get to our position. Once again
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.32,0:13:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our world was flipped on its head because it meant
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.20,0:13:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that decisions had to be made, whether to evacuate the ship or not
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.14,0:13:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we're readying people with the possibility of a quick exit but we'll stand by waiting
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.12,0:13:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for results of this ice reconnaissance"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.43,0:13:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, copy that, thank you"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.14,0:14:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Milo powder that we are using to mark the helipad
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.52,0:14:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so where the helicopter is supposed to land
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.80,0:14:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're just marking it basically a straight line around the perimeter
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.19,0:14:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right there in the middle we also mark the 'H'
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.15,0:14:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what they're aiming for, so we'll try to land as close to it as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.52,0:14:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in the centre of that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.75,0:14:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a level of tension, some people are a bit concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.81,0:14:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the things is that you're going from the known to the unknown
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.17,0:14:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a step which is a box up to a two step ladder
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.88,0:14:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was exciting, I found it personally exciting because I had to be on the ball
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.36,0:14:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.56,0:14:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pilot looked at me an gave me the thumbs up, you know
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.51,0:14:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I went towards the helicopter and they started jumping out
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.27,0:14:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they threw out an incredible number of planks
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.21,0:14:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wooden planks on to the snow and I thought, what the hell's going on here?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.19,0:15:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I realised what they were going to do was to use those planks as the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.28,0:15:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the proper helipad because when the helicopter landed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.23,0:15:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually sunk into the snow
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.26,0:15:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"cozy, it's very cozy"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.49,0:15:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"this is fantastic!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.22,0:15:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going past the Xue Long and seeing her beset
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.59,0:15:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well made me feel sick
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.28,0:16:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a mixture of feelings and emotions because
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.66,0:16:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was relieved that the operation had gone well
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.70,0:16:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't relieved to be out of there because I loved being there
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.86,0:16:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be happy to still be there now, in a tent!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.14,0:16:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we booked on this ship that I hadn't seen in 10 years, hadn't been on here for a long time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.57,0:16:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the voyage leader Leanne grabbed me and held me and said 'welcome home
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.24,0:16:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're back' and she didn't even know me!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.28,0:16:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just thought fuck how did you know me and she said
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.34,0:16:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember your name I've seen your name on the lists and it's this sense of community
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.86,0:16:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in place it's really special
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.62,0:17:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Newscasters: Dozens of people trapped by ice at the bottom of the world are finally on their way home
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.11,0:17:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...until about mid-January to get to the island of Tasmania from which they will finally fly home
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.24,0:17:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...in the Australian port of Hobart they faced the cameras
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.87,0:17:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a barrage of questions on how their voyage went so terribly wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.36,0:17:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We certainly didn't go into that environment thinking there was a chance we might get caught
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.54,0:17:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't look for those events, far from it we try to avoid those events
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.97,0:17:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just really unfortunate that we got caught by this extreme event
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.36,0:17:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that basically trapped us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.50,0:17:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can rarely think of a summer season in Antarctica where everything has gone exactly as planned
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.13,0:17:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are always things that come up that are impossible to predict.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.19,0:17:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Aurora Australis was delayed by 2 weeks in getting back to Hobart
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.52,0:17:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that will have consequences for the next voyages
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.78,0:18:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very intimately linked; operations, logistics and science programmes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.67,0:18:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ripple effect of any delay will magnify throughout the season
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.41,0:18:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were not in that situation irresponsibly, we were in that situation
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.12,0:18:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wittingly, we have dealt with
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.28,0:18:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that situation, extraordinarily well, with ship, crew, passengers sane and healthy
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.12,0:18:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on their way home
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.22,0:18:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with a group of people who have
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.21,0:18:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a life changing experience
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.84,0:18:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's amazing