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27 years old Eng. Sarabjeet Singh Chhabra (Sunny), is actually at Cape Town waiting the flight to Novo Runway (WAP MNB-Ø6) and from there, to Maitri Base (WAP IND-Ø3). Sunny will be down South for about a year as part of the 42nd Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica.
VU2CUW has been assigned to Maitri Station, (pic below) . When there, he is going to use a just issued special callsign AT42I ( Alpha Tango 42 India) in his spare time, when he’s free from his normaly duty at the Base.
Sunny thanks VU2MUE Sandeep Baruah from Vigyan Prasar for the 2 rigs to be used in Antarctica and VU3BPZ, Antarctic veteran and good friend that has always been a guidance for his Antarctica journey
QSL manager for AT42I will be VU2CRS:
Ranjit Singh Chhabra, 110/8 Saraswati Sugarmill Colony,
Yamunanagar, Haryana 135001, India
TNX VU3BPZ

27 ans Eng. Sarabjeet Singh Chhabra (Sunny), est en fait au Cap en attendant le vol vers Novo Runway (WAP MNB-Ø6) et de là, à Maitri Base (WAP IND-Ø3). Sunny sera dans le sud pendant environ un an dans le cadre de la 42e expédition scientifique indienne en Antarctique.
VU2CUW a été affecté à la station Maitri, (photo ci-dessous) . Une fois là-bas, il utilisera un indicatif spécial qui vient d’être émis AT42I (Alpha Tango 42 India) pendant son temps libre, lorsqu’il est libre de son devoir normal à la base.

Sunny remercie VU2MUE Sandeep Baruah de Vigyan Prasar pour les 2 plates-formes à utiliser en Antarctique et VU3BPZ, vétéran de l’Antarctique et bon ami qui a toujours été un guide pour son voyage en Antarctique
Le gestionnaire QSL pour AT42I sera VU2CRS :
Ranjit Singh Chhabra, 110/8 Colonie de la sucrerie de Saraswati,
Yamunanagar, Haryana 135001, Inde
TNX VU3BPZ
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« Les lumières étaient faibles mais clairement visibles à l’œil nu », explique Gane.
The Hut is around 25 square meters and is located about 3,2 kilometers from Troll Station (72°00’S, 2°32’E). The use of this small recreational Hut at Vassdalen about 40 min from Troll, was approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment. It is heated by a kerosene (Jet A-1) stove. The transport is mainly carried out with snow mobiles on a well-known route for the visitors and calculated to 50 days a year with 2 guests on each visit.
Skiing, hiking in the mountains, running and shorter trips with snowmobiles and Band wagons are typical activities for the personnel at Troll Station. According to the information, Vassdalsbua Hut is in use since 2018. After a visit the garbage is transported back to environmental station at Troll. Sometimes, researchers spend severl days at Vassdalsbua field Hut, collecting variety of soil and water samples for study