WILKINS RUNWAY, Antarctica (AFP) - ʻO kahi lele mokulele mokulele mōʻaukala mai Australia a Antarctica i hoʻopā maikaʻi ʻia ma ke ala polū hau i ka Pōʻalima, e hoʻokuʻu ana i ka mokulele mokulele wale nō ma waena o nā ʻāina.

Ma kahi o ka hapalua kenekulia mai ka manawa i hāpai ʻia ai ka manaʻo o kahi alaloa ma Antarctica, ua pae ka Airbus A319 mai Hobart ma Wilkins ma kahi kokoke i ka Casey Station o ka Antarctic Division o Australia, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi mea paʻi kiʻi o ka AFP.

ʻO ke Kuhina Kaiāulu ʻo Peter Garrett, ʻo ia kekahi o nā luna he 20, nā ʻepekema a me nā pāpāho e pili ana i ka lele mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka ʻike ʻana mai ka ipukukui he mea kupaianaha ke hele aku ka mokulele i Antarctica.

"I ʻike ai i nā hau hau, ka liʻiliʻi o ka noho ʻana ma aneʻi a ʻaʻohe mea e like me kāu e ʻike ai ma nā ʻaoʻao āpau a laila ʻike ʻia kēia alahele me he mea lā mai kahi ʻole mai," wahi a ka mua Midnight Oil frontman.

"He hana 'enekinia kupaianaha kēia i loaʻa i kēia poʻe. He lanakila lanakila ana ia a hoʻohui i nā ʻāina ʻelua i hala e hoʻopili ʻia e ka ea, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

“He hanana nui loa kēia, he mōʻaukala nō ia. E wehe mai ana he au hou no mākou e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka honua. ”

ʻO ke alaloa, ʻehā mau mile (2.5 mile) ka lōʻihi, 700 mau mika ākea a neʻe ma kahi o 12 mau mile ma ke komohana hema o ka makahiki no ka heʻe glacial, i kālai ʻia mai ka hau a pae ʻia me ka ʻenehana laser.

"ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke ala holo ma aneʻi ma mua o ka nui o nā ala holo ma nā kahua mokulele honua a puni ka honua," wahi a ka pailaka ʻo Garry Studd.

ʻO ka land runway 46 miliona (US $ 41 miliona) i hala he ʻelua mau makahiki a keu aku i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻolālā ʻia e lawe i nā ʻepekema a me nā limahana ʻĀpana Antarctic Australia ʻē aʻe i ka ʻāina paʻahau e hoʻopaʻa i nā pilikia e like me ka loli.

E hōʻea ana nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule i loko o nā mahina mahanahana o ʻOkakopa a Malaki, akā ʻaʻole ia e wehe no ka huakaʻi huakaʻi.

Ma mua, ua koi ʻia nā ʻepekema e lilo i ʻelua mau pule ma ka moku e kiʻi i Casey Station.

"E hoʻohuli ia i ke ala e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana i kā mākou noiʻi," i haʻi aku ai ka luna ʻepekema o ka ʻāpana ʻo Michael Stoddart i ka ʻaha kūkā nūhou AAP o Australia.

Ua lele ka lele ʻana mai ke kūlanakauhale hema o ʻAukekulelia o Hobart a hala he ʻehā a me ka hapalua hola e hiki aku ai iā Wilkins. Ua noho ia ma ka honua no ʻekolu mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka huakaʻi me ka pono ʻole e hoʻopiha.

Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa o ke alaloa ma hope o ka huakaʻi a me ka aviator Sir Hubert Wilkins, ka mea i holo mua ma Antarctica 79 mau makahiki i hala.

ʻO nā lāhui ʻē aʻe me nā keʻena noiʻi Antarctic e lele nei i ka moku hau no nā makahiki he nui mai nā ʻāina e like me New Zealand a me ʻApelika Hema, akā hoʻohana i nā mokulele pūʻali koa.

Wahi a ka Australian Antarctic Division kona hoʻolauna ʻia ʻana o kahi mokulele mokulele o kēia manawa, i hiki ke hoʻopau i ka huakaʻi hoʻi me ka ʻole o ka wahie, e māka ana ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi au hou.