Hello all, POS: 59*13 S 60*41 W COG: 150 SOG: 6,8 WND: SW 5-6 Day 3 on the Drake. Waiting for that wind shift. Patiently waiting. We would like to go to Antarctica but the wind likes it more if we would go to...
Hello all, POS: 57*55,92 S 64*46.02 W COG: Sailing Close haul with a full moon and the Southern Cross. SOG: 6,8 WND: NW 4-6 bft During the last weeks I have been curiously looking at the weather forecasts and the run...
This morning started in a more leisurely manner with extended breakfast from 0700 to 0900. Again , something scrumptious and new from the galley - a sweet roll of deliciousness filled with banana and dusted with...
Graham Passage/ Foyn Harbour & the Governonen (Enterprise Island)/ Orne Harbour (FjordPhyto Citizen Science Project)/ Danco Island An early morning wake-up call alerted all onboard to the exciting news...
We woke this morning to a bright dawn and a sea full of icebergs, glowing blue and white in the sunlight. Soon after breakfast, the first land was sighted: we had arrived in the South Shetland Islands, and our crossing of the...
In the early hours of the morning, the wind continued to die to a stable 10 knots calling for us to stop wallowing around at 2.5 knots and make use of the engines. The crew and voyage crew worked together to coordinate the...
The weather change announced yesterday by a passing front and reflected in the forecast has reached the area. Still in calm conditions though under some snow showers sweeping over the Butler Passage, late last...
Sailing the Lemaire and Peltier Channels on our way North. Drop anchor overnight at Port Lockroy. And so it was, a calm night drifting in the windless conditions of today’s Penola Strait. Today we...
Furthest South 65º 20.854’S; 64º 04.862’ W 65º. The magical number for the Adelie penguins in the western Antarctic Peninsula. One has to sail this far South following the Graham Land...
14th January 2024 Antarctica. Lemaire Channel. Argentine Islands Winter Island-Wordie Hut and Galindez Island-Vernadsky Station If we talk about scenic passages in the Western...