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Hikers rescued after four days stranded on Alaskan glacier
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:38pm EDT
Hikers rescued after four days stranded on Alaskan glacier
BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS
A pair of stranded hikers who took shelter in a snow cave on a glacier on the southern coast of Alaska were rescued on Tuesday, bringing an end to their four-day ordeal, officials said.
Snow storms created "white-on-white" conditions, thwarting previous attempts to reach the pair by air and prompting a ground crew to scale the glacier to try to rescue them on foot, said Alaska Air National Guard spokesman Staff Sergeant Edward Eagerton.
On Tuesday, under clearer skies, a HH-60 Pave Hawk military helicopter landed on Bear Glacier and rescued the hikers in the remote Kenai Mountains, said guard spokeswoman Technical Sergeant Alicia Halla.
The hikers, Alaska residents Christopher Hanna, 45, and Jennifer Neyman, 36, were flown to a hospital in the nearby town of Soldotna where they will be evaluated, Halla said.
On Friday, the hikers were dropped off by airplane on the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains for a day of hiking and skiing, according to the National Guard.
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Hikers rescued after four days stranded on Alaskan glacier
BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS
A pair of stranded hikers who took shelter in a snow cave on a glacier on the southern coast of Alaska were rescued on Tuesday, bringing an end to their four-day ordeal, officials said.
Snow storms created "white-on-white" conditions, thwarting previous attempts to reach the pair by air and prompting a ground crew to scale the glacier to try to rescue them on foot, said Alaska Air National Guard spokesman Staff Sergeant Edward Eagerton.
On Tuesday, under clearer skies, a HH-60 Pave Hawk military helicopter landed on Bear Glacier and rescued the hikers in the remote Kenai Mountains, said guard spokeswoman Technical Sergeant Alicia Halla.
The hikers, Alaska residents Christopher Hanna, 45, and Jennifer Neyman, 36, were flown to a hospital in the nearby town of Soldotna where they will be evaluated, Halla said.
On Friday, the hikers were dropped off by airplane on the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains for a day of hiking and skiing, according to the National Guard.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-hikers-idUSKCN0X92LB
