Navy Successfully Rescues Australian Family Stranded in Ballenero Canal Sector, Magallanes

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An Australian family was successfully rescued by Chilean Navy personnel during the Saturday day in a sector close to Burnt Island, in the Ballenero Canal, Magellan region and Chilean Antarctic. The group of four people were stranded in the above mentioned place while sailing on a touristic sailboat, more than 120 nautical miles (230 kilometers) east of Puerto Williams. “A marine search and rescue operation was activated, after receiving an alert…

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In an inhospitable area of the Magellan Region and the Chilean Antarctic, various means deployed from the “Admiral Viel” Icebreak allowed the location and evacuation of four people on board a smaller vessel. In a timely deployment of naval assets from the Third Naval Zone, during the early hours of 20 December, the evacuation of four crew members — members of a family of Australian nationality — of a sailboat carrying out tourist activity and ra…