How do the survivors feel about the search being resumed?

This information brought mixed emotions. Should they risk their lives hiking or wait for help? If they waited for help and it never came hadn't they wasted more time and languished farther? They also had a very specific window of better, if not great, weather to utilize. As a compromise they continued to work on repairing the radio, preparing for the hike, and dragging the luggage out into the snow, creating the unmistakable shape of a large cross which they hoped would be visible by aircraft.