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<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">No
dia 23 de Dezembro, Rhynhardt Louw, ZS6DXB e <SPAN class=paraln>Petrus
Kritzinger</SPAN>, 3Y0E tiveram um contacto através de um telefone
via satélite, informado este que dois dias antes tinham
estado sob uma violenta tempestade no acampamento, tendo perdido 2 tendas.
Petrus, relatou que estão a enfrentar ventos fortes com temperaturas
aparentes rondando os -30ºC . A antena, uma Hustler 4-BTV vertical e o
transceptor Icom IC-735 conseguiram resistir á
tempestade.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">3Y0E,
tem chamado nos 20m, estando activo normalmente entre as 15H00 e as 17H00
UTC, dependendo da sua disponibilidade, no entanto, até ao dia 23,
ainda não tinha registado qualquer contacto. Solicita o Rhy,
ZS6DXB , o Pilot Station da operação, que caso tenham contacto com
3Y0E o gravem enviando-lhe o ficheiro para o seu e-mail : <A
href="mailto:zs6dxb@kats.za.net"><FONT color=#800080><STRONG
modo="true">zs6dxb@kats.za.net</STRONG></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Mais
uma vez se recorda, que o Petrus é um radioamador com muito pouca
experiência neste tipo de evento, necessitando que todos pacientemente o
possam ajudar em HF e em especial em
grandes "pile-up`s".</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Assim,
confirmam-se os Spots difundidos na rede mundial de Cluster, no entanto,
ainda não foi possível o registo de qualquer contacto até á data no
local.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Para
informações mais actualizadas, visite o site oficial da expedição em: <A
href="http://www.3y0e.com" target=_blank><FONT color=#800080><STRONG
modo="true">www.3y0e.com</STRONG></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
<P class=EC_MsoNormal>73 de boa caçada.</P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal>Rhynhardt Louw ZS6DXB</P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal>3Y0E Pilot Station and Media Officer</P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><A href="mailto:zs6dxb@kats.za.net"><FONT
color=#800080><STRONG
modo="false">zs6dxb@kats.za.net</STRONG></FONT></A></P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">QSL,
only via manager LZ3HI</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Nota:
Tradução livre com outras informações anexas por João Costa (CT1FBF) a
partir da versão original em inglês e elementos disponíveis no site
oficial e outros.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#333399><FONT size=4><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: PT; mso-fareast-language: PT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
<DIV
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 10px">Dados
históricos da operação, em inglês : </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><FONT
size=3>ZS6GCM<SPAN> </SPAN>NOW 3Y0E</FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><FONT
size=3></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On the 19 December 2007 Petrus
ZS6GCM was granted temporary permission to operate an Amateur Radio Station for
the duration of the 2007/2008 scientific expedition to Bouvet Island using the
callsign 3Y0E.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <BR></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom V. Segalstad LA4LN
and Trond Olsen LA8XM assisted in obtaining the permission to operate from
Bouvet.</SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN> </SPAN>
<BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><FONT
color=#000000>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Colin McGowan MM0NDX
<SPAN> </SPAN>has sponsored a dedicated website for the expedition and
will act as the webmaster. The URL is <A href="http://www.3y0e.com/"
target=_blank><FONT color=#800080><STRONG
modo="true">www.3y0e.com</STRONG></FONT></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=paraln><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Emil Stoikov,
LZ3HI is <SPAN> </SPAN>designing <SPAN> </SPAN>the 3Y0E QSL card and
has donated the printing. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=paraln><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He will act as
the official QSL manager. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
color=#000080><SPAN class=paraln><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Thanks to all
who have assisted in getting the Bouver Island operation on the
way</FONT>.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
size=3><SPAN></SPAN> </FONT></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><STRONG>MORE ABOUT THE ISLAND (in
</STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>Wikipedia</FONT></U>
<STRONG><U>)</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bouvet Island
(Norwegian: <EM>Bouvetøya</EM>, also historically known as Liverpool Island or
Lindsay Island) is an uninhabited sub-Antarctic volcanic island in the South
Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). It is a
dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty, as it is
north of the latitude south of which claims are suspended.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bouvet Island</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is located at <SPAN
class=latitude2><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">54°26′S</SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN
class=geo-dms1><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN
class=longitude><U><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">3°24′E</SPAN></U></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=geo-multi-punct1><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN
class=geo-multi-punct1><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> /
</SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN class=geo-multi-punct1><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN
class=latitude2><SPAN><U><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: none; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-54.433</SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN
class=geo-decgeo><U><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: none; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></U></SPAN><SPAN class=longitude><U><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: none; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3.4</SPAN></U></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>. It is
49 km² in area, 93% of which is covered by glaciers which block the south
and east coasts. Bouvet Island is the most remote island in the world. The
nearest land is Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, over 1,600 km
<SPAN> </SPAN>away to the south, which is itself
uninhabited.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>It has no ports
or harbours, only offshore anchorages, and is therefore difficult to approach.
The easiest way to access the island is with a helicopter from a ship. The
glaciers form a thick ice layer falling in high cliffs into the sea or onto the
black beaches of volcanic sand. The 29.6 km of coastline are often
surrounded by an ice pack. The highest point on the island is called
<EM>Olavtoppen</EM>, whose peak is 780 m above sea level. A lava shelf on
the island's west coast, which appeared between 1955 and 1958, provides a
nesting site for birds.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Because of the
harsh climate and ice-bound terrain, vegetation is limited to lichens and
mosses. Seals, seabirds and penguins are the only fauna.</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<H2 style="BACKGROUND: #f8fcff; MARGIN: auto 0cm"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bouvet
Island</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> was discovered
on </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">January
1</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1739</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, by
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jean-Baptiste
Charles Bouvet de Lozier</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, who commanded
the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">French</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> ships
<EM>Aigle</EM> and <EM>Marie</EM>. However, the island's position was not
accurately fixed having been placed eight degrees to the east, and Bouvet did
not circumnavigate his discovery, so it remained unclear whether it was an
island or part of a continent. </SPAN></FONT></H2>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>In
1772, Captain James Cook left South Africa on a mission to find the island.
However, when arriving at 54°S, 11°E where Bouvet had said he sighted the
island, nothing was to be seen. Captain Cook assumed that Bouvet had taken an
iceberg for an island, and he abandoned the search. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>The island was
not sighted again until 1808, when it was spotted by James Lindsay, the captain
of the Enderby Company whaler <EM>Snow Swan</EM>. Though he didn't land, he was
the first to correctly fix the island's position. During this time the island
was sometimes referred to as Lindsay Island, though it was not then completely
certain that it was the same island as Bouvet had
sighted.<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>The first
successful landfall dates to December 1822, when Captain Benjamin Morrell of the
sealer <EM>Wasp</EM> landed, hunting for seals. He was successful and took
several seal skins.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>On December 10,
1825, Captain Norris, master of the Enderby Company whalers <EM>Sprightly</EM>
and <EM>Lively</EM>, landed on the island, named it <EM>Liverpool Island</EM>,
and claimed it for the British Crown. Again, it was not known with certainty at
the time that this was the same island found previously. He also reported
sighting a second island nearby, which he named Thompson Island. No trace of
this island now remains.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>In 1898, the
German <EM>Valdivia</EM> expedition of Carl Chun visited the island but did not
land.<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>The first
extended stay on the island was in 1927, when the Norwegian "Norvegia" crew
stayed for about a month; this is the basis for the claim by "Norvegia"
expedition leader Lars Christensen on behalf of Norway, who have named the
island Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya in Norwegian). <BR><BR>The island was annexed on
December 1, 1927, by a Royal Norwegian Decree of January 23, 1928, Bouvetøya
became a Norwegian Territory. The United Kingdom waived its claim in favour of
Norway the following year. In 1930 a Norwegian act was passed that made the
island a dependent area subject to the sovereignty of the Kingdom (but not a
part of the Kingdom).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>In 1964, an
abandoned lifeboat was discovered on the island, along with various supplies;
however, the lifeboat's passengers were never found. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>In 1971, Bouvet
Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve.
<BR><BR>In the 1950s and 1960s, there was some interest from South Africa to
establish a weather station, but conditions were deemed to be too hostile. The
island remains uninhabited, although an automated weather station was set up
there in 1977 by the Norwegians.<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>On September 22,
1979, a satellite recorded a flash of light (which was later interpreted as
having been caused by a nuclear bomb explosion or natural event such as a
meteor) in a stretch of the southern Indian Ocean between Bouvet Island and
Prince Edward Islands. This flash, since dubbed the Vela Incident, is still not
completely resolved. <BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>On October 19,
2007, the Norwegian Institute of Polar Research announced that satellite photos
no longer show the research station built on the island in 1994. It is believed
that the uninhabited station has been blown out to sea by the wind. An
earthquake in the area in 2006 supposedly weakened the buildings base, and is
believed to have made it more exposed to the powerful winter storms in the area.
An unmanned weather station on the island is reportedly still intact.
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000>Despite being uninhabited, Bouvet Island has the Internet country
code top-level domain <A title=.bv
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bv"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>.bv</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> – </FONT><A
title="Bouvet Island" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bouvet Island</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN> </SPAN>though it is not used. A handful of amateur radio
expeditions have gone to this remote location (call signs used here begin with
<EM>3Y</EM>). Bouvet Island falls within the UTC Z time
zone.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<TABLE class="infobox vcard" style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; BACKGROUND: #f5fffa"
width=280>
<TBODY>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Location</B></TD>
<TD><SPAN class=label>South-<A title="Atlantic Ocean"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">Atlantic
Ocean</A></SPAN></TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Coordinates</B></TD>
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title="show location on an interactive map"
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style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Erioll_world.svg/18px-Erioll_world.svg.png'); WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px"></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=geo-default><SPAN class=geo-dms
title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for 54°26′S 3°24′E"><SPAN
class=latitude>54°26′S</SPAN> <SPAN
class=longitude>3°24′E</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=geo-multi-punct>
</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Area</B></TD>
<TD>49 <A title="Square kilometre"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_kilometre">km²</A>,
(93% glaciated)</TD></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Highest point</B></TD>
<TD><A title=Olavtoppen
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavtoppen">Olavtoppen</A> 780 <A
title=Metre href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre">m</A> </TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH bgColor=#cef2e0 colSpan=2>Administration</TH></TR>
<TR>
<TD align=middle colSpan=2><A class=image title="Flag of Norway"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg"><SPAN
class=thumbborder title=""
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #dddddd 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #dddddd 1px solid; DISPLAY: inline-block; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #dddddd 1px solid; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dddddd 1px solid"><SPAN
style="DISPLAY: inline-block; FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png'); WIDTH: 1px; HEIGHT: 1px"></SPAN></SPAN></A> <A
title=Norway href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway">Norway</A></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TH bgColor=#cef2e0 colSpan=2>Demographics</TH></TR>
<TR style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<TD><B>Resident Population</B></TD>
<TD>
<DIV><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT
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