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Advance Exchange of Information on Activities For 2009/2010 Season

Country: Canada Date Submitted: September 2009

Operational information

National Expeditions

A. Stations None

B. Vessels None

C. Aircraft None

D. Science Rockets None

E. Military None

Non-governmental Expeditions

A. Ship-based Operations

GAP Adventures

NAME OF VESSEL: m/s Expedition, Liberian Registration

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS: A maximum of 130 passengers, 55 crew

PURPOSE OF EXPEDITION: Tourism

ITINERARY:

Depart Ushuaia 01/11/2009, Arrive Ushuaia 22/03/2010 (During which GAP Adventures will conduct 13 short expeditions to the ).

List of Possible Landing Sites

Place Name Coordinates Aitcho Islands 62°24'S, 059°47'W

1 Alcock Island 64°14'S, 061°08'W Arago Glacier 64°51'S, 062°23'W 65°15'S, 064°16'W Astrolabe Island 63°17'S, 058°40'W 62°58'S, 060°30'W Barcroft Islands 66°27'S, 067°10'W Bennett Islands 66°56'S, 067°40'W Berthelot Islands 65°20'S, 064°09'W Blaiklock Island 67°33'S, 067°04'W 63°32'S, 056°55'W Challenger Island 64°21'S, 061°35'W Charcot, Port 65°04'S, 064°00'W Christiania Islands 63°57'S, 061°27'W 64°48'S, 063°58'W 64°41'S, 062°38'W 64°49'S, 063°32'W Danco Island 64°44'S, 062°37'W 66°52'S, 066°48'W (See Damoy Point) Dubouzet, Cape 63°16'S, 057°03'W Dundas, Cape 60°44'S, 044°24'W D'Urville Monument 63°25'S, 056°18'W Duthiers Point 64°48'S, 062°49'W Duthoit Point 62°19'S, 058°50'W Enterprise Island 64°32'S, 062°00'W Evensen, Cape 66°09'S, 065°44'W Fildes Peninsula 62°12'S, 058°58'W Fish Islands 66°02'S, 065°25'W Gaston Islands 64°28'S, 061°50'W Georges Point 64°40'S, 062°40'W Gibbs Island 61°28'S, 055°34'W Girard Bay 65°08'S, 064°00'W Gosling Islands 60°39'S, 045°55'W Goudier Island 64°50'S, 063°30'W 63°12'S, 057°18'W 62°36'S, 059°55'W Hannah Point 62°39'S, 060°37'W Heim Glacier 67°28'S, 066°55'W Heywood Island 62°20'S, 059°41'W Horseshoe Island 67°51'S, 067°12'W Hovgaard Island 65°08'S, 064°08'W Huemul Island 63°40'S, 060°50'W Hydrurga Rocks 64°08'S, 061°37'W Intercurrence Island 63°55'S, 061°24'W Jonassen Island 63°33'S, 056°40'W Jougla Point 64°50'S, 063°30'S

2 Kinnes, Cape 63°22'S, 056°33'W Kjellman, Cape 63°44'S, 059°24'W Lagarrigue Cove 64°39'S, 062°34'W Lockroy, Port 64°50'S, 063°30'W Lookout, Cape 61°16'S, 055°12'W Macaroni Point 62°54'S, 060°32'W 63°18'S, 056°29'W Martin, Point 60°47'S, 044°41'W Melchior Islands 64°19'S, 062°57'W Melville, Cape 62°02'S, 057°37'W 64°03'S, 062°34'W Murray Island 64°22'S, 061°34'W Neko Harbor 64°50'S, 062°33'W Orne Islands 64°40'S, 062°40'W Palaver Point 64°09'S, 061°45'W 63°35'S, 055°47'W 62°56'S, 060°36'W Island 62°06'S, 057°54'W Penguin Point 64°19'S, 056°43'W 65°10'S, 064°10'W Pitt Islands 65°26'S, 065°30'W Pléneau Island 65°06'S, 064°04'W 64°30'S, 061°46'W Prospect Point 66°01'S, 065°21'W Robert Point 62°28'S, 059°23'W Rongé Island 64°43'S, 062°41'W Rosamel Island 63°34'S, 056E17'W 60°39'S, 045°34'W Skontorp Cove 64°54'S, 062°52'W Small Island 64°00'S, 061°27'W Spring Point 64°18'S, 061°03'W 68°11'S, 067°00'W Suárez Glacier 64°56'S, 062°56'W Telefon Bay 62°56'S, 060°40'W Torgersen Island 64°46'S, 064°05'W Turret Point 62°05'S, 057°55'W Tuxen, Cape 65°16'S, 064°08'W Useful Island 64°43'S, 062°52'W Valentine, Cape 61°06'S, 054°39'W 63°33'S, 057°22'W Waddington Bay 65°16'S, 064°05'W Wauwermans Islands 64°55'S, 063°53'W Whalers Bay 62°59'S, 060°34'W Wiggins Glacier 65°14'S, 064°03'W Wild, Point 61°06'S, 054°52'W Yalour Islands 65°14'S, 064°10'W

3 Yankee Harbor 62°32'S, 059°47'W

Student on Ice

NAME OF VESSEL: M/V Ushuaia, Union of the Comoros Registration

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS: A maximum of 90 passengers, 38 crew

PURPOSE OF EXPEDITION: Education/Tourism

ITINERARY:

Depart Ushuaia 30/12/2009, Arrive Ushuaia 10/01/2010

List of Possible Landing Sites

Location Landing Ushuaia, - Ushuaia, Argentina; - Beagle Channel Drake Passage - No, Zodiac cruise only Paulet Island Yes, if conditions permit Brown Bluff Yes, if conditions permit Baily Head Yes, if conditions permit Pendulum Cove Yes, if conditions permit No, Zodiac cruise only Danco Island Yes, if conditions permit Yes, if conditions permit Pléneau Island Yes, if conditions Yalour Islands permit Yes, if Vernadsky Station conditions permit Yes, if conditions permit Wauwermans Islands Yes, if conditions Jougla Point Goudier permit Yes, if Island Melchior conditions permit Islands Yes, if conditions permit, Zodiac cruise only

4 TBD; Drake Passage - Drake Passage; - Beagle Channel

One Ocean

NAME OF VESSEL: M/V Akademik Ioffe, Russian Registration

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS: A maximum of 100 passengers, 53 crew

PURPOSE OF EXPEDITION: Tourism

ITINERARY:

Depart Ushuaia 16/01/2010, Arrive Ushuaia 17/03/2010

List of Possible Landing Sites

Voyage 1: 16JAN2010 -26.Jan.2010

16- Jan Sat (EP) Ushuaia (16:00) 17- Jan Sun At Sea 18- Jan Mon At Sea 19- Petermann Island (09:01) / Vernadsky Station (14:01) / Yalour Jan Tue Islands (19:31) 20- Jan Wed Pléneau Island (09:01) / Damoy Point/Dorian Bay (14:01) 21- Almirante Brown (09:01) / Skontorp Cove (09:01) / Neko Harbor Jan Thu (14:01) 22- Jan Fri Cuverville Island (09:01) / Orne Harbor (14:01) 23- Jan Sat Whalers Bay (09:01) / Half Moon Island (14:01) 24- Jan Sun At Sea 25- Jan Mon At Sea 26- Jan Tue (DP) Ushuaia (08:00

Voyage 2: 26.Jan – 05.Feb.2010

5 26- Jan Tues (EP) Ushuaia (16:00) 27- Jan Wed At Sea 28- Jan Thu At Sea 29- Petermann Island (09:01) / Vernadsky Station (14:01) / Yalour Jan Fri Islands (19:31) 30- Jan Sat Pléneau Island (09:01) / Damoy Point/Dorian Bay (14:01) 31- Almirante Brown (09:01) / Skontorp Cove (09:01) / Neko Harbor Jan Sun (14:01) 01- Feb Mon Cuverville Island (09:01) / Orne Harbor (14:01) 02- Feb Tue Whalers Bay (09:01) / Half Moon Island (14:01) 03- Feb Wed At Sea 04- Feb Thu At Sea 05- Feb Fri (DP) Ushuaia (08:00)

Voyage 3: 05.Feb – 23.Feb.2010

05-Feb Fri (EP) Ushuaia (16:00) 06-Feb Sat At Sea 07-Feb Sun West Point Island (09:01) / Saunders Island - Neck (14:01) 08-Feb Mon Stanley (09:01) / Stanley (14:01) 09-Feb Tue At Sea 10-Feb Wed Elsehul (14:01) Salisbury Plain (05:31) / Fortuna Bay (09:01) / Stromness 11-Feb Thu (14:01) 12-Feb Fri Grytviken (09:01) / Godthul (14:01) 13-Feb Sat St. Andrews Bay (09:01) / Gold Harbour (14:01) 14-Feb Sun At Sea 15-Feb Mon At Sea 16-Feb Tue At Sea 17-Feb Wed Paulet Island (09:01) / Snow Hill - Nordenskjolds Hut (14:01) 18-Feb Thu Brown Bluff (09:01) / Esperanza Station (14:01) 19-Feb Fri Cierva Cove (09:01) / Portal Point (14:01) 20-Feb Sat Neko Harbor (09:01) / Cuverville Island (14:01) 21-Feb Sun At Sea 22-Feb Mon At Sea 23-Feb Tue (DP) Ushuaia (08:00)

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Voyage 4: 23.Feb – 07.Mar.2010

23-Feb Tue (EP) Ushuaia (16:00) 24-Feb Wed At Sea 25-Feb Thu At Sea 26-Feb Fri (00:00) 27-Feb Sat South Orkney Islands (00:00) 28-Feb Sun At Sea 1-Mar Mon Paulet Island (14:01) 2-Mar Tue Snow Hill - Nordenskjolds Hut (09:01) / Devil Island (14:01) 3-Mar Wed Brown Bluff (09:01) / Esperanza Station (14:01) 4-Mar Thu Whalers Bay (09:01) / Hannah Point (14:01) 5-Mar Fri At Sea 6-Mar Sat At Sea 7-Mar Sun (DP) Ushuaia (08:00)

Voyage 5: 07.Mar – 17.Mar.2010

07- Mar Sun (EP) Ushuaia (16:00) 08- Mar Mon At Sea 09- Mar Tue At Sea 10- Mar Wed Pléneau Island (09:01) / Petermann Island (14:01) 11- Mar Thu Vernadsky Station (09:01) / Yalour Islands (14:01) 12- Almirante Brown (09:01) / Skontorp Cove (09:01) / Neko Harbor Mar Fri (14:01) 13- Mar Sat Cuverville Island (09:01) / Orne Harbor (14:01) 14- Mar Sun Whalers Bay (09:01) / Hannah Point (14:01) 15- Mar Mon At Sea 16- Mar Tue At Sea 17- Mar Wed (DP) Ushuaia (08:00)

7 B. Land-based Operations None

Visits to Protected Areas None

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