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The 52ft yacht, Nilaya, has set sail for Antarctica
The 52ft yacht, Nilaya, has set sail for Antarctica
A New Zealand repair man is on his way to Antarctica after a renegade Norwegian yachtsman set sail unaware he was still on board.
The marine mechanic was reportedly working on an anchor aboard the 52ft Nilaya in Auckland harbour, when the yacht hurriedly cast off as immigration officials tried to serve deportation papers on the skipper, Jarle Andhoy, 34.
Mr Andhoy and three crew members have embarked on an unpermitted voyage to Antarctica's Ross Sea, in defiance of both the Norwegian and New Zealand governments. A previous trip he made to Antarctica almost a year ago ended in disaster when his yacht Berserk sank in a fierce storm and three men died. Declaring himself "a Viking", the Norwegian adventurer says he is seeking the wreckage of the Berserk, which was serving as a supply ship for an attempt to reach the South Pole on quad bikes.
New Zealand authorities, who co-ordinated an extensive search and rescue
operation last year in which Mr Andhoy and a companion were airlifted to
safety, are furious about his return voyage.
They are trying to track down the Nilaya. Mr Andhoy told the Norwegian public broadcasting service NRK that the presence
on board of the unnamed New Zealander was not part of his plan, but was the
result of "a hectic departure" from Auckland last week. He said it was "a somewhat tricky situation" because the man did not
have a passport or papers with him. But Mr Andhoy insisted: "Everything is on schedule and the atmosphere is
good on board. "We are well prepared for what may befall us."
The broadcaster reported him as saying that the Nilaya was not carrying a locator beacon so it would not put rescue services at risk. Murray McCully, the New Zealand foreign minister, spoke to Norwegian government officials on Tuesday to express concern over the Auckland man understood to be on board. "It's fair to say the actions of the skipper are of some concern to the New Zealand government and have been for some time," Mr McCully said. A Foreign Ministry spokesman added: "The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote and inhospitable areas in the world. "New Zealand government agencies are obviously concerned about any possibility that there could be a repeat of last year's events in the Ross Sea.'' Marine experts said the workman was unlikely to have adequate clothing and would put an extra strain on the yacht's provisions.
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A Maori activist who in January stowed-away on a yacht in Auckland bound for Antarctica has arrived in Norway after a larger-than-life voyage. "I hope to stay here for as short a time as possible," Busby Noble told Norwegian television. "My wife is really angry at me, but because of the importance of what is happening here, we will find love between each other and live with that."
He had joined self-proclaimed Viking Jarle Andhoy who fled Auckland on a 16-metre steel yacht, Nilaya, and without permission sailed to McMurdo Sound to find traces of his previous yacht, Berserk, which had disappeared in a storm with the loss of three men in February last year.
Noble, 53, originally claimed he was asleep when the yacht left Auckland and was unaware it was going to Antarctica.
No trace of Berserk was found but in order to avoid prosecution here, Andhoy took the yacht to South America.They were briefly detained by the Chilean Navy as the New Zealand Embassy issued travel documents. Andhoy and Noble arrived to a big media reception in Oslo today.
"I have come to pay respect to the people, you know, and some charity, you know, back to the families (of the three dead) and to give some charity back to the families, these are the kind feelings we have had for the whole mission, and this has been foremost in our hearts and thoughts during the whole journey, kia ora," he said. Noble, who planted a Mana Party flag in Antarctica, said he wanted to make contact with the indigenous Saami or Lapp people of Norway. "The people of the north and the south must come together." Noble said he wanted to tell the people of Norway about "the horrible stuff happening in my home town". He listed asset sales, ocean oil drilling and fracking. "Lets be clean about our dealings with the Earth and the sky and all the stuff that goes on with out lives."
The broadcaster reported him as saying that the Nilaya was not carrying a locator beacon so it would not put rescue services at risk. Murray McCully, the New Zealand foreign minister, spoke to Norwegian government officials on Tuesday to express concern over the Auckland man understood to be on board. "It's fair to say the actions of the skipper are of some concern to the New Zealand government and have been for some time," Mr McCully said. A Foreign Ministry spokesman added: "The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote and inhospitable areas in the world. "New Zealand government agencies are obviously concerned about any possibility that there could be a repeat of last year's events in the Ross Sea.'' Marine experts said the workman was unlikely to have adequate clothing and would put an extra strain on the yacht's provisions.
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NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Jarle Andhory and Busby Noble in Oslo.
A Maori activist who in January stowed-away on a yacht in Auckland bound for Antarctica has arrived in Norway after a larger-than-life voyage. "I hope to stay here for as short a time as possible," Busby Noble told Norwegian television. "My wife is really angry at me, but because of the importance of what is happening here, we will find love between each other and live with that."
He had joined self-proclaimed Viking Jarle Andhoy who fled Auckland on a 16-metre steel yacht, Nilaya, and without permission sailed to McMurdo Sound to find traces of his previous yacht, Berserk, which had disappeared in a storm with the loss of three men in February last year.
Noble, 53, originally claimed he was asleep when the yacht left Auckland and was unaware it was going to Antarctica.
No trace of Berserk was found but in order to avoid prosecution here, Andhoy took the yacht to South America.They were briefly detained by the Chilean Navy as the New Zealand Embassy issued travel documents. Andhoy and Noble arrived to a big media reception in Oslo today.
"I have come to pay respect to the people, you know, and some charity, you know, back to the families (of the three dead) and to give some charity back to the families, these are the kind feelings we have had for the whole mission, and this has been foremost in our hearts and thoughts during the whole journey, kia ora," he said. Noble, who planted a Mana Party flag in Antarctica, said he wanted to make contact with the indigenous Saami or Lapp people of Norway. "The people of the north and the south must come together." Noble said he wanted to tell the people of Norway about "the horrible stuff happening in my home town". He listed asset sales, ocean oil drilling and fracking. "Lets be clean about our dealings with the Earth and the sky and all the stuff that goes on with out lives."
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