Working closely with the US Antarctic Program and the vessel’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, and crew, RCCNZ has coordinated the medevac after receiving a call from the ship, located in the Ross Sea, off the Antarctic ice shelf, 3,600 kilometers south of New Zealand. The ship’s medical staff recommended the patient be taken to New Zealand for further medical treatment.
Ortelius is transporting the woman, who is in a stable condition, toward McMurdo Station, a US Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island, 620 kilometers from the ship’s original position on Monday.
'The MV Ortelius will attempt to get as close to McMurdo Station as conditions allow for the woman to be transferred. If ice prevents the vessel reaching McMurdo she will be transported by the vessel’s own helicopter and flown to McMurdo Station. The woman will fly on to New Zealand on a regular scheduled flight,' RCCNZ senior search and rescue officer Chris Henshaw said.
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