After his return to New Zealand Joyce was hospitalised, mainly from the effects of snow blindness, and according to his own account had to wear dark glasses for a further 18 months.
ジョイスはニュージーランドに戻った後、主に雪盲の症状から入院させられ、ジョイス自身の証言ではその後18か月間サングラスを付けさせられた。