European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse 1 f Page 28 a i the stars and stripes tuesday. January 14, 1986 . Helps British explorers after ship sinks London a the three britons who walked nearly 900 Miles to the South pole Are lit and Well Retting at n nearby american research base an expedition Organ Izer said sunday. The men won will be Down to Chrisl Church new Zea land aboard a . Navy Hercules c-130 aircraft said Amanda Lovejoy another expedition spokesman in Wellington new zealand the private expedition s support ship Southern quest which was to have returned the men in Chris Church was crushed by the Antarctic ice and Sank just before the men reached the pole. The 24 Crew Membra got safely off the ship and were rescued by . Helicopter from the Navy icebreaker Polar Star. The London spokesman said the americans will Fly the Trio to the . Ice nation at Mcmurdo sound 900 Miles away for a reunion with the Crew and the expedition would be flown to new zealand within two Days. Robert Swan 28, Roger Mear 35, and Gareth Wood 33, were retracing the footstep of British explorer capt. Robert f. Scott who walked to the South pole in 1912. He arrived shortly after norwegian Roald Amund sen became the first Man to reach the pole. Scott and his team perished on the return trip. The Preterite Day adventurers reached the pole Al 11 53 saturday after an 883-mile trek from their Antarctic base. In Cambridge or Richard Laws director of the Brit ish Antarctic Survey Laid he understood the americana were not charging for the Rescue but the Cost of transport ing the Ciporen and he support Crew to new zealand would be paid by the expedition. In new zealand Walter Selig spokesman for the american science foundation said assistance was Given because it was an emergency. Our policy is not to provide support to any private expeditions and the reason for this is that any Jii Kjorli has to come out of that which we would normally give 1 a our own science programs he added. He said it was the sixth request for help thai the . Authorities received from private groups this season there Are Tad ice conditions this year he said. If you Don t have a ship capable of Wilh Landing the combi nation of ice wini1 and pressure then something has to give and this time it was the ship s in London learn member or. Nell Mclntyre said the hip sinking had probably Cut the group four Toru of equipment Worth 20,000 pounds $29,200needed for another expedition to the South pole this autumn. Mclntyre 27, 3 at London University Laid the supplies being carried to the Antarctic by the ship for storage there included food clothing and fuel for the expedition which plans to use Amundsen s route to the pole. Ship from Page 1 Stop became they had an armed Tavrow said he did not know what Type of vessel the iranians used. He added we re certainly concerned because we serve Fujara and we Are a major . Line company. To that extent we have to be very concerned about anything that interferes with shipping none of the 23 ships operated by Ameri can president lines serves Iran or Iraq Tavrow said. The search marked the first Lime that a . Hug vessel has been stopped by Iran Ammerm unsaid. Iran for the pail approximately five months has been conducting numerous vis its and searches of several nations me chum ships in the Gulf area looking for. War supplies destined for Iraq its enemy in the five year old War he said. The Jan. 12 boarding under threat of arms of the president Taylor is part of this practice by Iran Ammerman raid. In an interview on Cable news network sunday evening iranian ambassador to the United nations or. Said Raj att Khorasani defended the boarding. We think it is justified according to International Law because it is not tolerable for us to see that ships Ore earning or May be carrying armaments to Iraq he Laid. He compared the boarding to the 1962 cuban missile crisis when president Ken Nedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba aimed at preventing the delivery of soviet weapons to the Island. I m lure you Felt justified to intercept the russian ships which were carrying mis Siles to Cuba he said. The United Stales declared its neutrality after the Iran Iraq War broke out. But the Reagan administration while accusing Iraq of using chemical weapons against Iran has since resumed diplomatic relations with Baghdad and organized a Campaign to urge other countries not to provide arms to Iran. Ammerman said the ship s Crew radioed american president lines officials to report the incident. The Captain was being contacted by american diplomats in lie United Arab emirates he said. White House spokesman Peter Roussel said president Reagan had been informed of the incident. The president returned Sun Day afternoon from a weekend at Camp David the presidential Retreat in Maryland jute of National emergency. To face Leif libyan ugh when we hear about this Bei Carat we have no hostile intentions to do these dangerous things against the United states khad Afy said earlier in the week to Send suicide squads Jug America if Israel or the United his North Afri can nation. A newspaper said sunday that Kab Ray has ordered palestinian com map Jato kill Bonn foreign minister Dietrich Genscher. The Hamburg published Bild am son tag quoted unnamed members of the a West German government As saying a Bounri had received a warning from an arvo entry that Genscher was in danger As asked if he had a message for the Aff Labuan people and he replied they must nol Kew khad Afy through the image of the . They must know a Feao peace., of cooperation. To under Chi that i want Freedom for my nation and fwu countries. And therefore i support All fighters because i want them to a free to be free of but made no comment to reporters a he entered the White House. We Are aware of the incident Roussel said. The president has been informed. Obviously in is a matter of serious concern. We will attempt to ascertain the facts As soon As the ship is in port. Meanwhile iraqi jets raided Iran s Harg Island Oil shipping terminal in the Northern persian Gulf Selling sections of the facility ablaze slate run Baghdad radio reported. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency Jerusalem i a i Tronu. 0 limn i � 41 Van Cuvir. Cd Kun Pajtl by inv a octava Praia cd Joudy up ref eur Judi a non a Monk Cloudy p huh Low it 11 1 in � 34 17ii n
