NETHERLANDS

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

UNDER ARTICLES III (1)a AND VII (5)

OF THE ANTARCTIC TREATY

PART I

PRE-SEASON INFORMATION 2008 - 2009

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Table of contents

1Pre-season information 2008-2009

1.1Operational information

1.1.1National expeditions

1.1.2Non-governmental Expeditions

1.2Visits to protected areas

2Annexes......

Annex 1 Pacific Blue

Annex 2 Bark Europa

Annex 3 Oceanwide Expeditions – Professor Molchanov

Annex 4 Oceanwide Expeditions – Aleksey Maryshev

Annex 5 Oceanwide Expeditions – Professor Multanovsky

Annex 6 Oceanwide Expeditions – Grigory Mikheev

Pre-season information 2008-2009

1.1Operational information

1.1.1National expeditions

AStations

No stations will be operated by Dutch governmental organisations.

BVessels

No vessels will be operated by Dutch governmental organisations.

CAircraft

No aircraft will be operated by Dutch governmental organisations.

DResearch Rockets

No research rockets will be launched by Dutch governmental organisations.

EMilitary

No military personnel will participate in Dutch governmental activities.

The Netherlands will not operate or place any type of military equipment in Antarctica.

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1.1.2Non-governmental Expeditions

AShip-based Operations
Name of operator
(NL) / Mr. P.S. Visser / Rederij Bark Europa / Oceanwide Expeditions
Name of vessel / Pacific Blue / Bark Europa / Professor Molchanov / Aleksey Maryshev / Professor Multanovsky / Grigory Mikheev
Country of registry of vessel / Netherlands / Netherlands / Russia / Russia / Russia / Russia
Number of voyages / 1 / 5 / 11 / 12 / 11 / 7
Planned departure dates /
  1. 1-1-2009
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  1. 19-11-08
  2. 12-12-08
  3. 04-01-08
  4. 27-01-09
  5. 20-02-09
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  1. 04-11-08
  2. 24-11-08
  3. 04-12-08
  4. 14-12-08
  5. 24-12-08
  6. 04-01-09
  7. 22-01-09
  8. 09-02-09
  9. 27-02-09
  10. 08-03-09
/
  1. 02-11-08
  2. 21-11-08
  3. 01-12-08
  4. 20-12-08
  5. 30-12-08
  6. 09-01-09
  7. 19-01-09
  8. 30-01-09
  9. 17-02-09
  10. 27-02-09
  11. 10-03-09
  12. 21-03-09
/
  1. 03-11-08
  2. 19-11-08
  3. 07-12-08
  4. 17-12-08
  5. 04-01-09
  6. 14-01-09
  7. 04-2-09
  8. 14-2-08
  9. 24-02-09
  10. 14-03-09
  11. 24-03-09
/
  1. 03-01-09
  2. 21-01-09
  3. 31-01-09
  4. 10-02-09
  5. 19-02-09
  6. 28-02-09
  7. 10-03-09

Ports of departure and arrival to and from Antarctica /
  1. Puerto Williams - Puerto Williams
/
  1. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  2. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  3. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  4. Ushuaia – Ushuaia
  5. Ushuaia – Cape Town
/
  1. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  2. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  3. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  4. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  5. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  6. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  7. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  8. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  9. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  10. Ushuaia - Ascension
/
  1. Ushuaia - Puerto Madryn
  2. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  3. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  4. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  5. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  6. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  7. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  8. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  9. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  10. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  11. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  12. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
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  1. Port Stanley - Ushuaia
  2. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  3. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  4. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  5. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  6. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  7. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  8. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  9. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  10. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  11. Ushuaia - Cape Town
/
  1. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  2. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  3. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  4. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  5. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  6. Ushuaia - Ushuaia
  7. Ushuaia - Ushuaia

Areas of operation including proposed landing sites and the dates landings will take place / See Annex 1 / See Annex 2 / See Annex 3 / See Annex 4 / See Annex 5 / See Annex 6
BLand-based Operations
IMAU (Institute for Marine and Environmental Research, Utrecht) / Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, The Hague (NWO)
Name of expedition / IMAU / NWO
Method of transportation to, from and within Antarctica / Airplane / Airplane
Type of adventure/activity / Scientific: to monitor climate and ice velocity / Informing VVIP-party about scientific research
Location / Larsen C Ice Shelf / Rothera Station
Logistic facility Fossil Bluff
Dates of expedition / 01-11-08/
15-12-08 / 1-1-09/
1-4-09
Number of personnel involved / 2 / 5
Contact address / Princetonplein 5
3584 CC UTRECHT / PO BOX 93510
2509 AM DEN HAAG
Web-site address / /

1.2Visits to protected areas

IMAU / NWO / Rederij Bark Europa / Oceanwide Expeditions
Name and number of protected area / None / None / #4 Deception Island (63o56’S:60 o40’W) / None
Number of people permitted / - / - / 60 / -
Date/period / - / - / 26-11-08
19-12-08
11-01-09
03-02-09
27-02-09 / -
Purpose / - / - / Touristic / -

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2Annexes

Annex 1, Pacific Blue, intended itineraries season 2008-2009

Date / Intended areas of operation including the names of landing sites
1-5 January 2009 / Puerto Williams, Drake Passage
5-10 January 2009 / South Shetlands, possibly Livingstone Island, Greenwich Island (Chilean Base) or King George Island
10-13 January 2009 / Deception Island
13-20 January 2009 / Danco Coast, Gerlache Straite (Heavy Ice: Brabant and Anvers Islands. Possible Anchorages: Cuverville Island, Waterboat Point, Enterprise Island
20-31 January 2009 / Lemaire Channel (ice permitting) visiting Hovgaard and Pleaneau Islands (possible Vernadsky Base and Fish Islands-Flounder Island)
1-15 February 2009 / Lemaire Channel, Wiencke Island, Paradise Bay, Melchior Islands
15-20 February 2009 / Puerto Williams

Annex 2, Bark Europa,intendeditineraries season 2008-2009

Date
Voyage 1 / Voyage 2 / Voyage 3 / Voyage 4 / Intended areas of operation including names of landing sites
19-nov-08 / 12-dec-08 / 4-jan-09 / 27-jan-09 / Ushaia
20-nov-08 / 13-dec-08 / 5-jan-09 / 28-jan-09 / Ushuaia Beagle Channel
21-nov-08 / 14-dec-08 / 6-jan-09 / 29-jan-09 / Drake Passage
22-nov-08 / 15-dec-08 / 7-jan-09 / 30-jan-09 / Drake Passage
23-nov-08 / 16-dec-08 / 8-jan-09 / 31-jan-09 / Drake Passage to South Shetland Islands
24-nov-08 / 17-dec-08 / 9-jan-09 / 1-feb-09 / Barrientos Island
25-nov-08 / 18-dec-08 / 10-jan-09 / 2-feb-09 / Livingston Island – Hanna Point
26-nov-08 / 19-dec-08 / 11-jan-09 / 3-feb-09 / Deception Island
27-nov-08 / 20-dec-08 / 12-jan-09 / 4-feb-09 / Trinity Island
28-nov-08 / 21-dec-08 / 13-jan-09 / 5-feb-09 / Entripres Island, Neko Harbour, Errara Channel
29-nov-08 / 22-dec-08 / 14-jan-09 / 6-feb-09 / Paradise Bay Paradise Harbour
30-nov-08 / 23-dec-08 / 15-jan-09 / 7-feb-09 / Peltier Channel, Lemaire Channel, Penola Strait, Argentine Island
1-dec-08 / 24-dec-08 / 16-jan-09 / 8-feb-09 / Petermann Island
2-dec-08 / 25-dec-08 / 17-jan-09 / 9-feb-09 / Lemaire Channel, Peltier Channel, Port Lockroy Bay, Wiencke Island, Jougla Point
3-dec-08 / 26-dec-08 / 18-jan-09 / 10-feb-09 / Wiencke Islands – Dorian Bay, Damoy Point
4-dec-08 / 27-dec-08 / 19-jan-09 / 11-feb-09 / Melchior Islands, Drake Passage
5-dec-08 / 28-dec-08 / 20-jan-09 / 12-feb-09 / Drake Passage
6-dec-08 / 29-dec-08 / 21-jan-09 / 13-feb-09 / Drake Passage
7-dec-08 / 30-dec-08 / 22-jan-09 / 14-feb-09 / Drake Passage
8-dec-08 / 31-dec-08 / 23-jan-09 / 15-feb-09 / Beagle Channel
9-dec-08 / 1-jan-09 / 24-jan-09 / 16-feb-09 / Ushaia
10-dec-08 / 2-jan-09 / 25-jan-09 / 17-feb-09 / Ushaia
Voyage 5 / Intended areas of operation including the names of landing sites
20-feb-08 / Ushuaia
21-feb-08 / Ushuaia Beagle Channel
22-feb-08 / Drake Passage
23-feb-08 / Drake Passage
24-feb-08 / Drake Passage
25-feb-08 / Drake Passage
26-feb-08 / Barrientos Island, Aitcho Islands, Halfmoons Island, Hanna Point
27-feb-08 / Deception Island, Telephone Bay, Whalers Bay, Pendulum Cove
28-feb-08 / Astrolabe Island
1-mrt-08 / Hope Bay
2-mrt-08 / Brown Bluff
3-mrt-08 / Devil Island
4-mrt-08 / Snow Hill Island
5-mrt-08 / Paulet Island
6-mrt-08 / Elephand Island
7-mrt-08 / Sailing
8-mrt-08 / Sailing
9-mrt-08 / Sailing
10-mrt-08 / Sailing
11-mrt-08 / Sailing
12-mrt-08 / Sailing
13-mrt-08 / South Georgia
14-mrt-08 / South Georgia
15-mrt-08 / South Georgia
16-mrt-08 / South Georgia
17-mrt-08 / South Georgia
18-mrt-08 / South Georgia
19-mrt-08 / Sailing to Tristan da Cunda
20-mrt-08 / Sailing to Tristan da Cunda
21-mrt-08 / Sailing to Tristan da Cunda
22-mrt-08 / Sailing to Tristan da Cunda
23-mrt-08 / Passing Antarctic convergence zone

Annex 3, Oceanwide Expeditions – Professor Molchanov, intended destinations season 2008-2009

Planned dates / 2Nov 2008 until 3April 2009
Intended areas of operation including the names of proposed landing sites (alphabetical) / Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Sound
Baily Head
Beagle Channel
Brown Bluff
Deception Island
Drake Passage
Esperanza
Grytviken
Half Moon Island.
Hannah Point
Hope Bay
King George Island
Lemaire Channel
Melchior Islands
Neko Harbour
Neptune’s Bellows
Neumayer Channel
Paradise Bay
Paulet Island
Penguin Island
Pleneau
Port Stanley
Prion Island
Salisbury Plain
Seymour Island
Snow Hill Island
South Georgia
South Orkney Islands
South Shetlands Islands
Ushuaia
Weddell Sea

Annex 4Oceanwide Expeditions – Aleksey Maryshev, intended destinations season 2008-2009

Planned dates / 2 Nov 2008 until 3April 2009
Intended areas of operation including the names of proposed landing sites (alphabetical) / Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Sound
Baily Head
Beagle Channel
Brown Bluff
Deception Island
Drake Passage
Esperanza
Grytviken
Half Moon Island.
Hannah Point
Hope Bay
King George Island
Lemaire Channel
Melchior Islands
Neko Harbour
Neptune’s Bellows
Neumayer Channel
Paradise Bay
Paulet Island
Penguin Island
Pleneau
Port Stanley
Prion Island
Salisbury Plain
Seymour Island
Snow Hill Island
South Georgia
South Orkney Islands
South Shetlands Islands
Ushuaia
Weddell Sea

Annex 5,Oceanwide Expeditions – Professor Multanovsky, intended destinations season 2008-2009

Planned dates / 2Nov 2008 until 3April 2009
Intended areas of operation including the names of proposed landing sites (alphabetical) / Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Sound
Baily Head
Beagle Channel
Brown Bluff
Deception Island
Drake Passage
Esperanza
Grytviken
Half Moon Island.
Hannah Point
Hope Bay
King George Island
Lemaire Channel
Melchior Islands
Neko Harbour
Neptune’s Bellows
Neumayer Channel
Paradise Bay
Paulet Island
Penguin Island
Pleneau
Port Stanley
Prion Island
Salisbury Plain
Seymour Island
Snow Hill Island
South Georgia
South Orkney Islands
South Shetlands Islands
Ushuaia
Weddell Sea

Annex 6,Oceanwide Expeditions – Grigory Mikheev, intended destinations season 2008-2009

Planned dates / 2 Nov 2008 until 3 April 2009
Intended areas of operation including the names of proposed landing sites (alphabetical) / Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Sound
Baily Head
Beagle Channel
Brown Bluff
Deception Island
Drake Passage
Esperanza
Grytviken
Half Moon Island.
Hannah Point
Hope Bay
King George Island
Lemaire Channel
Melchior Islands
Neko Harbour
Neptune’s Bellows
Neumayer Channel
Paradise Bay
Paulet Island
Penguin Island
Pleneau
Port Stanley
Prion Island
Salisbury Plain
Seymour Island
Snow Hill Island
South Georgia
South Orkney Islands
South Shetlands Islands
Ushuaia
Weddell Sea

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