Indeed...but it's not supposed to be easy.
Who says? The hard part is supposed to be
activating these places.
The traditional activation point was easy for EU and NA, hard for Asia. I got my one and only Bouvet late in the 1990 expedition with a pop gun station.
The problem with the 1990 activation (viewed globally) was that EU and NA operators would not step aside for the relatively short duration long path opportunities for Asia.
The issue here could be EU and Asia not enabling the LP paths for NA this time.
Time for folks to study their charts and figure out what LP prop is going to look like on various bands when this thing hits the shore.
If NA concludes they aren't going to get their Q, that may adversely influence fund raising. Traditionally, NA provides disproportionate funding for these things. I doubt if the foundations change their tune, but individuals??? That's the wild card with this one.