Ethan Guo, an American social media influencer who has been stuck in a Chilean airbase in Antarctica for two months after landing a plane there without permission, was released on Saturday back to the mainland, where he was to pay $30,000 in penalties.

Guo, who was 19 when he began his fundraising mission for cancer research, was attempting to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents.

But he was detained after Chilean authorities said he lied to officials by providing authorities with "false flight plan data." Prosecutors said he had been authorized to only fly over Punta Arenas in southern Chile, but that he kept going south, heading for Antarctica in his Cessna 182Q — a single-engine light aircraft known for its versatility.

American pilot Ethan Guo poses for

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