 Three members of the crew were injured, and sheltered in the intact fuselage of the aircraft until air-lifted out by a Grumman HU-16 Albatross of the United States Air Force.The rest of the crew were recovered two days later by a rocket assisted USAF Douglas C-47.In early 1953 glaciological studies began, while seismic and gravimetric teams worked between North Ice and Britannia Sø.