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Features several news reports about, and interviews with mountaineers Phil Doole and Mark Inglis who spent a week trapped in a snow cave on Aoraki Mt Cook in late November 1982.
Morning Report news item on the first spotting of missing mountaineers Phil Doole and Mark Inglis and plans for their rescue. 1982-11-24
Interview with Mt Cook Chief Ranger Bert Youngman on conditions of Doole and Inglis, who are sheltering in an ice cave at "Mid Peak Hotel". They are out of food and have some frostbite. 1982-11-24
Interview with Oamaru doctor, Dr Dick Price, about the medical problems Doole and Inglis face. 1982-11-25
Reporter Steven Christensen reports by telephone on bad weather and how rescue attempt will be carried out once weather permits. 1982-11-26
Report on rescue preparations and continuing bad weather from Steven Christenson. 1982-11-26
News items then report from Steven Christensen at Mt Cook shortly before rescue. Interview with Ranger Bert Youngman. 1982-11-29
Midday Report coverage of rescue of climbers Doole and Inglis. Includes interview with mother Alison Doole. 1982-11-29
Commercial network news reports of rescue, including interview with brother of Mark Inglis. 1982-11-29
Reporter Steven Christensen reviews the rescue and describes the feelings at rescue headquarters. 1982-11-30