Cobblers Cove walk to Rookery Point in the morning and a visit to Ocean Harbour in the afternoon. Cobblers, named after the numerous White-chinned petrels (nicknamed shoemakers or cobblers for their noise around their...
Visit to Grytviken in the morning. Ship Cruise at Nordenskjöld Glacier in the afternoon. We wake up to a light snowy day and just a breeze blowing over Cumberland Bay East. EUROPA has spent a good night anchored at...
Blown off Fortuna Bay after a morning trying to land at either Whistle Cove or Shackleton Hike to Stromness. Afternoon at Stromness whaling station and walk to Shackleton Waterfall. It is 04:00 AM when the anchor comes up...
A morning visit to the second-largest King penguin rookery on the island, Salisbury Plain. Salisbury Plain, the largest flats in South Georgia, was surveyed in 1984 for building an airstrip. Its shoreline, well known for...
An afternoon visit to the second-largest King penguin rookery on the island, Salisbury Plain. Reaching South Georgia is worth it. It is like travelling to the fabled land of Prester John, the mythical kingdom in the...
Last day at sea. Arrival to South Georgia, dropping anchor during the night at Right Whale Bay. A week ago, we set sail from Falkland Islands and ventured into the open ocean on a week's journey to South Georgia. Today,...
Motoring towards South Georgia in light Easterly winds. If yesterday we sailed where the supposed Aurora Islands were thought to be, today the non-mythical but real Shag Rocks lay 40nm south of our current track to South...
Motoring at night our way to South Georgia. Attention lookouts, tired as you can be after a whole couple of days on a sea watch schedule…, keep a good eye out there at sea: Not far from where we find ourselves today,...
It is midnight, the beginning of the new day. It is overcast, drizzling, and dark outside; the wind is changing and easing. Crew walk the decks preparing all for manoeuvring. Lee gear is slacked, Hady-billies or small...
Good Close-hauled sailing on 20 to over 25kn of veering winds to a Northeasterly. It has been blowing about 20kn from the Northeast for the last hours, but in the morning, some stronger gusts make for dousing and furling...