Two of five crew on missing yacht Berserk located in the Antarctic

5:13 PM Thu 24 Feb 2011 GMT

'Berserk in Antarctica' .

The two crew of the missing yacht Berserk who had landed on the Antarctic to make an overland journey to the South Pole have been located and are now in contact with those searching for their missing yacht. Jarle Andh?y, Berserk?s captain, phoned to say he is on the ice travelling back from his expedition to the South Pole. 'He and 18-year-old Samuel Massie are expected to reach the Scott Base in a two or three days,' Geir Mortensen, press spokesperson for Joint Rescue Centre Northern Norway, said today. Both were approximately 100 miles from the base at the time, ...

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