Two DXpeditions to coveted DX islands are going to be sharing team members - and equipment - just a year apart!

The coming year, 2024 is a big year of planning for the 2026 DXpedition to Peter 1 Island (pron: Peter One Island), which ranks eighth in ClubLog's most-wanted DXCC list. Like Bouvet Island, this remote volcanic island is one of three Norwegian territories in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Regions. The DXpedition of 19 operators is being led by Ken LA7GIA, Cezar VE3LYC, Dave WD5COV and Adrian KO8SCA and is planned for 14 days in February of 2026.

Dave and Ken are also part of another high-profile DXpedition taking place a year before Peter 1 Island: that is the 3YØK DXpedition in January 2025 to Bouvet Island, now the 11th most wanted on the ClubLog DXCC list. For an EU angle on the Bouvet trip, Emil DL8JJ, a friend of ICQ Podcast and recent activator of Rockall Island will be one of the three on-island 3Y0K operators (there will also be other operators controlling 4 remote stations on Bouvet from the warmth of their home shacks).

The Peter 1 DXpedition will reuse much of the equipment from the trip to Bouvet and Peter 1 will also be sharing the website used by 3YØK Bouvet.

As fundraising for Peter 1 Island gets underway in just a few weeks, the group is concentrating on securing a landing permit from the Norwegian Polar Institute. The team has reported that it has found a ship with two on-board helicopters. In addition to being a coveted DXCC entity, Peter 1 Island carries the IOTA designation of AN-004.