by albion » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:49 pm
this is for all you hollow-earthers out there...<br><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>3 Chileans trapped in Antarctic crevasse</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Rescue crews -- battling freezing temperatures and steady snowfall -- searched Thursday for three Chilean military officers trapped in a snow vehicle inside a 40-meter (131-feet) Antarctic crevasse.<br><br>One captain and two sergeants were part of an eight-member Chilean army patrol whose vehicle plunged into the ice fissure during a mission Wednesday afternoon, the army said in a statement.<br><br>Five other officers managed to jump from the vehicle before it plummeted into the crevasse, and remained at the site overnight to resume rescue efforts early Thursday.<br><br>The head of the army's Antarctic Command, Col. Miguel Santibanez, said that "as time passes things turn more complicated."<br><br>But he noted that one advantage is that the four missing officers are probably protected inside their vehicle and have appropriate clothing and enough food for two or three days.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/29/antarctic.rescue.ap/">edition.cnn.com/2005/WORL...rescue.ap/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Antarctic rescuers give up on two lost in crevasse</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Sep 29, 2005 — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Rescue workers on Thursday called off a 12-day search for two Argentine men whose snowmobile plunged into a deep ice crevasse in Antarctica, saying there was little hope of finding them alive.<br><br>The rescuers then shifted their efforts to trying to find two Chilean soldiers who went missing in a similar accident on Wednesday on the same Antarctic peninsula.<br><br>The two Argentines — a scientist and a naval officer — were traveling between research bases when their vehicle plummeted through snow cover into a crack at least 430 feet deep.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1170385">abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1170385</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>
