[NCC] Bouvet cancelled

[Tim Duffy]

2000 UTC 3 February 2018

During the last 72 hours we continued to experience the high winds, low
clouds, fog, and rough

seas that have prevented helicopter operations since our arrival at Bouvet.
No improvement

was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days. Then, last
night an issue

developed in one of the ship's engines.

This morning the captain of the vessel declared it unsafe to continue with
our project and

aborted the expedition. We are now on our long voyage back to Punta Arenas,

As you might imagine the team is deeply disappointed, but safe. There is
already talk about

rescheduling the DXpedition,

Bob - K4UEE

Ralph - K0IR

Erling - LA6VM