At 9:45PM CDT/0245z April 2, I spoke by phone with Cezar VY0V/VE3LYC's wife Lucy.

Lucy had convinced RCMP that an air rescue was needed because the ground team was way overdue. She said the 2 man ground rescue team arrived (after 27 hours) about the same time the twin otter plane did around 8PM local.

Cezar called Lucy upon arrival back in Fort Severn, about 120km from East Pen Is. NA-231. One of the two guides who took Cezar to the island was
aboard the plane to assist in exact location. He was one of the two who abandoned Cezar approximately 8am on Tuesday, saying they had business
back in the village of Ft. Severn and would return. Cezar put out his SOS for Rescue Wednesday afternoon after they didn't return after 38 hours and he had run out of generator fuel, had no fire, battery running low for radio, rain and wind howling.

A good ending to a really tense time!

Skip W5GAI
Austin, TX

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