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<div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span12" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1020px;display:block;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-post-header" style="box-sizing:border-box"><header class="gmail-td-post-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:44px;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-weight:400;line-height:54px;word-wrap:break-word">3Y0I – Bouvet Island</h1><div class="gmail-td-module-meta-info" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1;min-height:17px"><span class="gmail-td-post-date gmail-td-post-date-no-dot" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline-block;margin-left:4px;float:left;margin-right:22px"><time class="entry-date gmail-updated gmail-td-module-date" datetime="2018-02-08T08:45:26+00:00" style="box-sizing:border-box">February 8, 2018</time></span></div></header></div></div></div><div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span8 gmail-td-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:680px;display:block;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-ss-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div class="gmail-td-post-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:16px"><div class="gmail-td-post-featured-image" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3y0g.jpg" class="gmail-td-modal-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(30,115,190);text-decoration:none"><img width="696" height="462" class="entry-thumb gmail-td-animation-stack-type1-2" src="https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3y0g-696x462.jpg" alt="" title="3y0g" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; transition-duration: 0.5s, 0.3s; transition-property: transform, opacity; opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.95); margin-bottom: 26px; display: block; width: auto;"></a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">DX-World just received info from a Norwegian contact that the<span> </span><a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/3y0i" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(30,115,190);text-decoration:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">3Y0I</strong></a><span> </span>license has been renewed. A landing permit has also been issued by the Norwegian Polar Institute.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">No dates of activity are mentioned but the permit is good until February 2019. However, DX-World contact suggests activity could be sometime this year. (<strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">see new info below</strong>)</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">For info,<span> </span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold"><a href="https://bouvetoya.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(30,115,190);text-decoration:none">this website</a></strong><span> </span>has recently been updated.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;border-left:none;margin:40px 32px 38px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:32px;line-height:40px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(30,115,190)">OUR TRIP, PLANNED ORIGINALLY AT THE END OF 2017, WAS CANCELLED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE “3YØZ” EXPEDITION. DUE TO THEIR CANCELLATION, WE ARE NOW RETURNING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROJECT AND PREPARATIONS FOR OUR TRIP AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.</p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">Furthermore, from the above website:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">The first ever Polish expedition to the subantarctic Bouvet Island by 3Z9DX, SQ8X, SP3DOI, YU4DX and J69DS.</strong></p><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">For the purpose of the expedition, a 24m-high seagoing yacht with PowerSail sails and 2 engines of 250 HP was chartered. The unit is adapted to move in extreme weather conditions. During the stay on the island, before the bad weather, we will be protected by proper construction of expedition tents. The whole trip is financed from the private resources of the participants.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">Our expedition will start in South Africa, from where we will sail to Bouvet Island. We will cover over 2,800 nautical miles in the far South Atlantic. (It’s over 5200 km!)</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word">After landing on Bouvet, we will install a camp and shortwave radio on the glacier plateau (it covers 93% of the island’s surface. In good weather, we will get to Olavtoppen – the highest peak of the island rising 760m above sea level.</p></strong><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Our expedition will take place during the subantarctic summer in the Southern Hemisphere. A sea journey in stormy conditions will take about 12 days one way. If the weather is favourable for us, we will spend about two weeks on the island. With successful winds, the expedition plan will close in about a month and a half.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-71416 gmail-td-animation-stack-type1-2" src="https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/3y0i.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="853" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; text-align: center; clear: both; display: block; margin: 6px auto 21px; transition-duration: 0.5s, 0.3s; transition-property: transform, opacity; opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.95);"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;word-wrap:break-word"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-71009 gmail-td-animation-stack-type1-2" src="https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BreakingNews_3.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; text-align: center; clear: both; display: block; margin: 6px auto 21px; transition-duration: 0.5s, 0.3s; transition-property: transform, opacity; opacity: 0; transform: scale(0.95);"></p></div></div></div></div>
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