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A MORWELL couple were put into a 14-day quarantine in a Sydney hotel on Friday after being stranded at sea aboard an Antarctic expedition ship off the coast of South America. Leigh and Frank Kappl were with about 140 Aussies stuck on the Ocean Atlantic being denied access to ports due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The couple’s daughter Joanne had been pleading with the federal government to bring them home, describing the situation as “frustrating” feeling like they had been abandoned. “They were left bobbing around at sea and no port was taking them in,” Ms Kappl said. “There was so much delay and so much indecision, particularly as everyone on the boat was healthy.
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On home soil: Morwell’s Leigh and Frank Kappl have returned to Australia after being stranded at sea on an Antarctic expedition ship off the coast of South America. photograph supplied
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“The whole time they were trying to stay positive, but there was a massive amount of stress.” Ms Kappl said her recently retired parents were seasoned travellers who set off for their “massive adventure” with some mates from Gippsland before the global pandemic was declared. The Ocean Atlantic left from Argentina on March 3 for a threeweek cruise to the ice continent with
plans to wind up in Puerto Madryn before finding out the port had been closed on March 15. The Ocean Atlantic was then re-directed to Buenos Aires where it was again turned back and redirected to Uruguay. Ms Kappl said she had to fork out $10,000 for a chartered flight, but the government wouldn’t let the ship dock. She had to find another $3500 for
each parent to get on another charter flight to Sydney when the boat was allowed to finally dock on April 1. Ms Kappl said people could disembark off the plane in Sydney when they did not come into contact with passengers from another plane in front of them. Continued on page 3
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