Ham radio sailing the Antarctic

Call this one ham radio across the Antarctic. It started back on September 14th, when the famed yacht "Apostol Andrey" started out to circum-navigate the area while carrying an operational ham radio station.

During the trip the yacht will travel around the shores of the Antarctica without going further to the North beyond the 60th parallel which is the border of the Antarctic region in accordance with the International Agreement. The crew will try to establish a record for penetrating sailing yachts crossing the 70th parallel of the south latitude.

And for ham radio here's the best part. The skipper of the
"Apostol Andrey" is Nikolay Andrey, R3AL. He plans to be on
the air from the Antarctic area starting this December and
continuing through March of 2005. Andrey has the QSL cards
already printed for this expedition and the ship also has an
official Russian postmark onboard and a special postal
stationary envelope for this expedition.

For details on the World-Wide Antarctic Program and the
expedition, go to the World-Wide-Web. The spot is in
cyberspace at www.ddxc.net/wap

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia

You can also find more information on the Apostol Andrey here

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