ARLA/CLUSTER: NCDXF anuncia a maior (e quiçá mais cara) DXpedition jamais realizada à Ilha de Navassa

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ilha de Navassa (em inglês: Navassa Island, em francês: Île de la
Navasse ou La Navase e em crioulo haitiano: Lanavaz ou Lavash) é uma
pequena ilha desabitada do mar do Caribe. Constitui um território
não-incorporado dos Estados Unidos, administrado pelo Serviço de Pesca
e Vida Selvagem dos Estados Unidos. No entanto, a ilha é reclamada por
instituições privadas e pelo Haiti, país que alega possuir a sua
soberania desde 1801.
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NCDXF announces major grant to K1N Navassa Island DXpedition

The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce an
enabling major contribution of $35,000 to the K1N Navassa Island
DXpedition planned for January 2015.

Navassa is #1 on the ClubLog Most Wanted List for 2014.

Without major financial support from NCDXF, DXpeditions like this to
rare, challenging, and expensive DXCC entities would not be possible.
Navassa is an environmentally fragile area with access strictly controlled
by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service since 1996. No approved DXpedition
has operated there since that time.

The KP1-5 Project has been working for over 12 years to obtain
permission. There are strict limitations to the number of visitors and
the time allowable on the island. Access has been granted for two
weeks in January, as that month has the least bird nesting. However,
January weather makes access by sea all but impossible. For safety,
the USFWS requires a helicopter landing for all personnel and
equipment; hence the cost/budget of this “backyard” DXpedition rivals
that of a Southern Ocean DXpedition.

Details of the DXpedition are at: http://www.navassadx.com

For the past 42 years the NCDXF has funded major DXpeditions to many
Most Wanted Entities.
The credit for large grants like this goes to NCDXF contributors through-
out the world. These are individuals and clubs who understand the
economics of DXpeditions to rare entities and who play their part
toward making them possible. Have you contributed yet?

73, Tom Berson, ND2T
NCDXF President
http://www.ncdxf.org