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

[Fred Jensen]

Ocean currents ... a big deal in the North Sea around Scotland, not so 
much in the South Atlantic.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 1/31/2018 5:55 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> 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
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mldxcc [mailto:mldxcc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of w6de
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 8:46 AM
>> To: mldxcc at contesting.com
>> 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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