One idea that was considered, and would probably have floundered for lack of crews, was to fly the Shack down to the task force.
In all seriousness they wanted to know how long we could remain on station before ditching.
As our endurance was about 14 hours and range speed about 180 kts I rather think we would have been a little short of the FIPZ. We could not have sustained that effort for long either - like 4-5 days
Even getting to ASI would have risked an outbreak of scurvy amongst the crews.