[OKDXA] DX World reports - VP8STI QRT

[Robert Redmon]

Well, bummer!

On 1/25/2016 5:02 PM, Bert Aaron wrote:
> NEWS UPDATE @ 21:20Z - Nigel Jolly, Braveheart owner, declared an emergency
> and ordered the VP8STI team to cease all operations and return to the ship.
> A large ice flow that had broken away due to last night’s storm starts to
> block the entrance to the Bay where they were camped. There was strong
> potential for the ice flow to prevent Braveheart reaching  them.
> The Team is now safely aboard the Braveheart and they are moving away from
> Southern Thule Is. All 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 !
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