| The Bouvet Island DXpedition – 3YØZ Press Release # 10 December 29, 2017
We recently reached yet another milestone in our quest to activate Bouvet Island.
DAP, the Chilean company that owns and operates the M/V Betanzos and the helicopters, has satisfied the last contractual requirements prior to our departure. We submitted to them a “Fit for Purpose” checklist with 120 items as part of our contract. They have satisfied all the checklist items, and we will be transferring almost 1/2 million U.S. dollars to them in the next few days.
So, we are happy to report that we are on schedule for a January 13, 2018 departure to Bouvet Island, the World’s most isolated island and the number two most wanted DX entity. All team members will meet in Punta Arenas, Chile no later than January 10, 2018. We will attend a one and one-half day marine safety course, purchase last minute supplies and then fly across the Drake Passage to King George Island in the South Shetlands. There, we will board the newly refurbished Chilean vessel M/V Betanzos, and begin our 9 to 11-day voyage to Bouvet. The team feels confident knowing that the ship’s captain and many of the crew have been with the vessel for eight years, and have extensive Southern Ocean experience. The Captain reports he has previously been to Bouvet. |
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