D44DX D4CW Santa Maria Sal Island Cape Verde Cabo Verde
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Oliver, DJ5QW sera actif en utilisant l’indicatif D4CW et D44DX depuis le village de Santa Maria, île de Sal, IOTA AF – 086, Cap-Vert, Cabo Verde, du 30 mai au 13 juin 2023.


Year 1956
However, according Admiral George Dufek, who commanded Deep Freeze I, “As the construction of the buildings at McMurdo progressed a mysterious pile of lumber, planks, nails, Quonset hut sections, and assorted materials began to accumulate on a knoll overlooking the camp.” Just few years later the Chapel was renamend as Chapel of the Snow (aka Blue Chapel . Picture aside show how the Chapel was in 1963 and Blue Chapel 1968.
The Chaplain, Father John C. Condit, and volunteers from the construction battalion gradually gathered enough materials to build what was to become the first church ever erected in Antarctica. All of the work was done by volunteers after their daily duties were finished. Admiral Dufek also observed that “The men, after a hard day’s work, would drift over to the church site. Before the main camp was finished a tidy neat church with a steeple was to stand on a ridge overlooking the camp. Later it even had a bell, procured from a small gasoline tanker.” When the Chapel was completed, Father Condit had the world’s most southern parish.
Year 1979
Year 1989
McMurdo Station once again has a permanent place of worship. To commemorate this occasion, approximately 80 people gathered on Sunday, 29 January 1989 to dedicate the new Chapel of the Snows, which is the third chapel to be raised at the station.
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