Norwegian Antarctic explorer Jarle Andhoy. Photo / SNPA
Norwegian sailor Jarle Andhoy and his crew have reportedly been released by Chilean authorities following their arrest for their illegal voyage to Antarctica.
Mr Andhoy and four other crew members, including New Zealander Busby Noble, were arrested by armed personnel from a Chilean naval vessel on March 31.
It came
after the group, aboard the yacht Nilaya (later renamed Berserk), spent weeks travelling around Antarctica without authorisation.
Mr Andhoy had not received permission for the trip from Norway and was issued a deportation notice from New Zealand late in January.
The group was searching for evidence of the original missing sailboat Berserk, which sank in McMurdo Sound more than a year ago, killing three.
