[Mldxcc] 3Y0Z waiting for weather to clear for landing

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

Can someone explain why this island at 54 degrees south
is so much colder than Scotland, for example, that is
55+ degrees north?  Why is the earth asymmetrical?

Rick N6RK

On 1/31/2018 2:47 PM, Steve Dyer, W1SRD via Mldxcc wrote:
> I think that's a pleasant summer day there!
> 73,
> Steve
> W1SRD
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 8:46 AM
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> Subject: [Mldxcc] 3Y0Z waiting for weather to clear for landing
> 
> Following bulletin regarding 3Y0Z.
> Dave, w6de
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> January 31, 2018, 0830 UTC:  Bouvet Island came into view at about 0600 UTC
> today.  We dropped anchor at 0810 UTC in approximately 25 meters of water
> off the east side of the island between Kapp Meteor and Swarthamaren.
> 
> The temperature is 2 degrees Centigrade. Thirty five knot winds are blowing
> out of the northeast with a driving rain.  Visibility and ceiling are
> estimated at 1 mile and 500 feet, respectively.
> 
> We are poised and ready when our weather window arrives.  Our first strike
> team, selecting and securing a site, will be EY8MM, KØIR and Alejo Contreras
> (Chilean Antarctic explorer, guide and mountaineer).
> 
> Ralph, KØIR
> 
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