Extraordinary situations demands extraordinary measures and sacrifices. We are leaving. We are sailing back to the Netherlands. Europa embarks on what will be its most unique journey. From Ushuaia, we will cross the...
Bark Europa is a special purpose vessel or to be more specific, a sail training ship. Voyage crew is involved in day to day operations and thus there are things they have to be aware of. A man overboard...
From midnight, Europa makes her way from Half Moon Island towards the famous Deception Island. Windless conditions made for motoring all the way and, as scheduled, about 07:30h we drifted for a while to have...
Leaving Duse Bay after sunset we spent the night slowly making our way around the Tabarin Peninsula to reach Brown Bluff in the morning. On the way, Europa encountered some giant patches of sea ice and...
Hours of cold steering out on deck during the windy and dark night, finally saw us drop anchor in Pastorizo Bay on the east coast of False Island Point. A long detour to get here was necessary due to the...
We realised about the pandemic global situation during our crossing the Drake Passage. The virus was expanding rapidly and the borders were beginning to close but we were in a microcosm oblivious to everything in which the...
After setting some canvas during the night and motorsailing our way out of the South Shetlands, early morning found us entering the Boyd Strait turning off our engines and enjoying the SW-ly winds of about 20kn....
Crossing the 85nm of the Bransfield Strait from Base Esperanza to Greenwich Island, where we plan today’s activity morning, proved to be a calm crossing. At the beginning we had 25kn of SSE-ly winds,...
After an adventurous night, with strong winds gusting up to 40kn, after a forecast that predicted about 15kn, and dealing with drifting ice, it proved not possible to drop anchor at Devil Island, even though we...
Reaching Snow Hill Island always represents a challenge due to its ice filled waters and changeable weather. The island will be the southernmost destination of our trip. One can never be sure to land there and...