Bouvet DXpedition cancelled
In the 72 hours to 2000UTC on 3 February 2018, the team continued to experience high winds, low clouds, fog and rough seas, which had prevented helicopter operations since their arrival at Bouvet.
No improvement was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days.
Then an issue developed in one of the ship’s engines and the captain of the vessel declared it unsafe to continue with the project, turning the vessel back for the long return voyage to Punta Arenas.
As you might imagine, the team is deeply disappointed, but safe.
There is already talk about rescheduling the DXpedition to a later date.
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