Nautilus LifeLine nexGen available

[davehicks]

I wrote them last week and on Monday they said they hoped to ship in out this week. I didn't get a shipping confirmation yet, some i am not holding my breath.

 

[davehicks]

I wrote them last week and on Monday they said they hoped to ship in out this week. I didn't get a shipping confirmation yet, some i am not holding my breath.

I just got a shipping notification today.

 

[Dan]

Got a reply from them yesterday:

“Hello Dan,

Apologies for the long wait. There were a number of unexpected production and shipping delays from the factory, which has slowed things down. We are expecting your order to be shipping out this week.


You will receive an email with the tracking details once shipped.”

 

[Dan]

I got an email from them today (18 October) that my order has been shipped.

 

[Dan]

The MRG nexGen came in today (23 October) via UPS, just in time for my trip to Antarctica.

 

[tursiops]

The NexGen came in today (23 October) via UPS, just in time for my trip to Antarctica.

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Good luck. Thete is not a lot of coastal rescue activities in Antarctica. You will be dependent on your ship.

 

[Dan]

Good luck. Thete is not a lot of coastal rescue activities in Antarctica. You will be dependent on your ship.

Yep.

First order of business is to test this unit with the captain of the boat, Seaventure | Polar Tracks Expeditions and check if MOB signal shows up on the boat AIS monitor when I press the red button.

My backup device is PLB1, which I just replaced its 8 years old battery today, PLBs Can Save Your Life

 

[tursiops]

Yep.

First order of business is to test this unit with the captain of the boat, Seaventure | Polar Tracks Expeditions and check if MOB signal shows up on the boat AIS monitor when I press the red button.

My backup device is PLB1, which I just replaced its 8 years old battery today, PLBs Can Save Your Life

Has there ever been a PLB-based rescue in Antarctica, or is it too far from all the national assets that perform such rescues?

 

[Dan]

Has there ever been a PLB-based rescue in Antarctica, or is it too far from all the national assets that perform such rescues?

From https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresourc...Day 2/01_Barbara Hickey-SAR_in_the_Arctic.pdf

 

[tursiops]

From https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/About/Events/Documents/Polar Maritime Seminar 2022 presentations/Day 2/01_Barbara Hickey-SAR_in_the_Arctic.pdf

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Thanks for that link. Interesting. Best I can tell, those stats are for the New Zealand operations only, an do not inlcude any SAR work from Argentina, Australia, or others. Also, there is no mention of what caused the SAR operations to take place.....I was curious if PLBs had initiated any of the actions. I did look around (inspired by your link) and found this: https://documents.ats.aq/ATCM42/att/ATCM42_att095_e.pdf
which mentions that there is more and more PLB use in Antarctica, but there is a problem with many of them not being registered. Consequently, one of the Action Items from the workshop was: "Pre‐deployment check for registration of Personnel Locator Beacons (PLBs) (that you have awareness of) that are going to be used in the Antarctic Treaty area. "