ARLA/CLUSTER: ABORTADA A DXPEDITION À ILHA DE BOUVET DEVIDO ÀS PERIGOSAS CONDIÇÕES ATMOSFÉRICAS NA ZONA

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Bouvet DXpedition aborted

2000 UTC 3 February 2018

During the last 72 hours we continued to experience the high winds,
low clouds, fog, and rough seas that have prevented helicopter
operations since our arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted
in the weather forecast for the next four days.

Then, last night an issue developed in one of the ship’s engines.
This morning the captain of the vessel declared it unsafe to continue
with our project and aborted the expedition. We are now on our long
voyage back to Punta Arenas.

As you might imagine the team is deeply disappointed, but safe. There
is already talk about rescheduling the DXpedition.

Bob – K4UEE
Ralph – K0IR
Erling – LA6VM