[GCARC] Fwd: [FCG] VP8STI SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update 2200z)

[Merrill Brown]

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> From: "t0ad at juno.com" <t0ad at juno.com>
> Date: January 26, 2016 at 12:12:42 AM EST
> To: FCG at kkn.net
> Subject: [FCG] VP8STI SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update 2200z)
> 
> ... from OpDX ...
> 
> Today at 21:20 UTC, Nigel Jolly, Braveheart owner, declared an emergency
> and ordered to VP8STI team to cease all operations and return to the ship.
> A large ice flow that had broken away due last nights storm starts to block
> the entrance to the Bay where they were camped. There was strong potential
> for the ice flow to prevent Braveheart to get them.
> 
> Team is now safely aboard the Braveheart and they are moving away from
> Southern Thule Is. All the equipment and personal gear is still on the
> island. They hope to return to camp site during next good weather window.
> Once they retrieve their equipment, they could make a determination as to
> whether they can proceed to South Georgia to do VP8SGI as planned.
> 
> VP8STI QRT !
> 
> EA5RM - VP8STI/VP8SGI Chief Pilot
> 
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