Hello all, POS: 65*14,8 S 064*06,6 W COG: @ Anchor @ Vernadsky station SOG: 0.0 WND: SW 3-6 bft Eclipse point, Lemaire channel and finally at the end of the morning we got to...
Hello all, POS: 64*42,5 S 063*01,4 W COG: 210 SOG: 5.2 WND: ENE 6-7 bft A day full of icebergs, glaciers and wildlife. Although the weather is not fantastic, still a lot of rain, the...
Eclipse Point. Lemaire Channel. Argentine Islands (Winter Island/Wordie Hut) Overnight, Europa made her way Southwards, and buy the beginning of the day she was ready to squeeze into the narrow passage of Eclipse Point, her...
Hello all, POS: 64*07,1 S 061*07,7 W COG: 220 SOG: 2.5 WND: N 3 bft Rain, yes, rain also exists on Antarctica. It does not rain often, but every once in a while it's one of those...
Antarctica. Gerlache Strait. Graham Passage. Enterprise Island/Gouvernoren Harbour. Wilhelmina Bay. One Harbour and Cuverville Island. Foggy morning at our approach to the scenic Graham Passage, the glaciated and narrow...
Antarctica. Gerlache Strait. Trinity/Spert Islands and Cierva Cove Motorsailing the Bransfield Strait, with the Topsails helping the work of the engine, we wave goodbye to Deception island and the South Shetland Islands....
Hello all, POS: 63*12,8 S 060*37,7 W COG: 195 SOG: 5.5 WND: NW 4 bft Water temp: 2.7 *C One day isn't the other. We all know that. Here, in and around Antarctica, the differences...
Antarctica. South Shetland Islands. Deception Island (Telefon and Whalers Bays) Nathaniel Palmer, sailing the small and manoeuvrable Hero (50 feet, 40 tons) on the 15th November 1820 set sail from the area between Smith and...
Hello all, POS: 62*45,5 S 060*02,2 W COG: 222 SOG: 4.1 WND: N 4 - 7 bft Water temp: 2.7 *C This morning we came in to the South Shetland Islands through English Strait. Good...
Hello all, POS: 61*34,9 S 060*27,8 W COG: 155 SOG: 5.5 kts WND: WSW 5 bft Water temp: 3.1 *C 70 NM North of the South Shetland Islands. We are still sailing. During the night the...