Monograph in press, by Robert W. Schmieder
To be published in 2022 by Springer

Preliminary Description

The official expedition video, by Robert W. Schmieder

AVI 140 MB

PowerPoint Presentation

Presented at the

International DX Convention, Visalia

17 Apr. 2017

Click here for versions

DX Magazine articlesThe Jan/Feb issue of DX Magazine was devoted to the VKØEK Heard Island expedition. There are 6 articles in the issue:

Part 1 - PLANNING: Not a little exercise [PDF 1.8 MB]

Part 2 - THE EXPEDITION: Two months on the Southern Ocean [PDF 2.3 MB]

Part 3 - RADIO OPERATIONS: The sun, wind, and rain [PDF 1.7 MB]

Part 4 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Good Evening. Heard Island! [PDF 1.1 MB]

Part 5 - CHANGE: Disappearing glaciers, New islands, and debris [PDF 1.4 MB]

Part 6 - PERSPECTIVE: The last DXpedition? [PDF 463 kB]

The articles are subject to the copyright of DX Magazine.

Final Report to the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)

v. 5.1.3 [305 pp, 710 graphics]

14 February 2017

PDF 18 MB

Newsletter Final Issue Sept. 30, 2016

PDF 3.5 MB

For all Newsletters, click here.

Project Poster v 2.5

28 Feb. 2016

Overview of the Team and support

PDF 4.2 MB

Newsletter Back Issues

(HTML page)

Final Permit from the AAD

1 March. 2016

Overview of the Team and support

PDF 1.3 MB

Project Description v. 6.3

8 Oct. 2015

The full description of the Project (96 pp)

PDF 9.5 MB

Project Abstract v. 1.5

23 Oct. 2015

A 1-page abstract of the Project

PDF 171 kB

Executive Summary v 1.4

23 Jan. 2015

Executive Summary (2 pp)

PDF 426 kB

FAQ v 2.0

21 Aug. 2015

Frequently Asked Questions

PDF 526 kB

HTML

PowerPoint Presentation

18 Nov. 2016

Principally field science (146 slides)

PPT min compressed 88.9 MB
PDF min compressed 38.7 MB

PPT med compressed 35.3 MB
PDF med compressed 25.0 MB

PPT max compressed 18.8 MB
PDF max compressed 14.8 MB

PowerPoint Presentation

28 Sep. 2016

Review of the Project (111 slides)

PPT pptx 58.9 MB
PDF 25.7MB

PowerPoint Presentation

7 Feb. 2016

Overview of the Project (100 slides)

PPT pptx 47.8 MB
PPT 1997-2003 49.5 MB
PDF 21.3 MB

PowerPoint Presentation

18 Sept. 2015

Overview of the Project (70 slides)

PPT HiRes 27.3 MB
PPT MedRes 7.1 MB
PDF MedRes 12.9 MB

Information for Sponsors v 1.6

23 Jan. 2015

Sponsorship opportunities (17 pp)

PDF 1.85 MB

Prospectus for Participants v 1.6

23 Jan. 2015

Information about participating (16 pp)

PDF 1.65 MB

Policies v 1.6

23 Jan. 2015

Procedures and legal policies (6 pp)

PDF 360 kB

Participation Agreement v 1.4

24 Sept. 2014

The Agreement for Participants (1 p)

PDF 377 kB

Radio Operation License

24 Aug. 2015

The license to operate amateur radio
on Heard Island

Online Link

Image of licence (jpg 433k)

Grant Notification: NCDXF

29 March 2015

Announcing the award of a major grant ($50,000) to the VKØEK DXpedition

HTML 7kB

PDF 190 kB

We are assembling a library of articles and other documents about Heard Island, for your convenience. Click on the image above to go to the main page of the library.