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Man stranded on iceberg near Mt Cook after inflatable boat damaged

June 23, 2023
An iceberg on Tasman Glacier Lake in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

An iceberg on Tasman Glacier Lake in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. (Source: Getty)

A man was stranded on an iceberg in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park's Tasman Lake this evening.

Police were alerted to the incident shortly after 6pm.

"Emergency services received a report from a man on Tasman Lake around 6.10pm whose inflatable boat was damaged.

"He was taking refuge on a large iceberg, and other than being cold does not appear injured," a police spokesperson said.

"Police are not in attendance but it looks as though either Coastguard and/or FENZ were trying to get a boat to the area."

A police spokesperson confirmed about 10.30pm that he had been rescued and was back on shore.

MetService reported the temperature at Mt Cook was -1C this evening.

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