You can't get there from here… or much of anyplace else,
it seems. The long-planned 3Y0Z DXpedition to Bouvet
Island had to be cancelled at the last minute – with the island in
sight – due to a combination of bad weather and engine trouble on the team's
ship. April CQ's DX column has details.
In the wake of the 3Y0Z cancellation, the organizers of
the Polish-led 3Y0I DXpedition renewed plans to travel to the island, most
likely this coming winter (summer in the southern hemisphere). According to the
ARRL Letter, the 3Y0I group had
deferred its plans at the request of the 3Y0Z group, to avoid having two major
DXpeditions to the same place within weeks of each other. The 3Y0I group says
it has chartered a vessel specially outfitted for severe weather and
experienced with landing troops on Bouvet, which is a Norwegian dependency. The
group said it also plans to conduct video-documented explorations of the island
and its glacier, and to leave behind a time capsule at the glacier's peak.
