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January 2023

Happy new year!

By: Janke Kingma

Happy new year! POS:  54*56,4 S 067*01,3 W COG:  100 SOG:  7.0 kts WND:  N 5 bft Beagle Channel A morning full of back and forth communication with agents and the  pilots for our...

Merry Christmas

By: Janke Kingma

POS: 56*56,3 S 068*11,5 W COG: 025 SOG: 8.0 kts WND: W 7 - 8 bft SEA: 3,5 - 4 meter Water Temp: 7.5 Drake passage and Christmas eve... At 11 AM I switched off both engines. Sail was set, the wind NW 6-7 and we were able...

December 2022

Drake passage

By: Janke Kingma

Good evening, POS:  59*00,4 S 069*19,2 W COG:  320 SOG:  5.2 kts WND:  N 5 bft SEA:  2 meter Water Temp: 4.5 Drake passage Under sail. At least for the biggest part of the day we...

Passing the Antarctic Convergence

By: Rupert Krapp

As our good ship Europa is making its way north again, we have also been following more closely on the regular sea surface water temperatures recorded by the bridge. We are now in the middle of the famous Drake...

December 2022

Drake passage

By: Janke Kingma

Good evening, POS:  60*32,4 S 067*14,1 W COG:  305 SOG:  4.8 kts WND:  S 4 bft SEA:  2 meter Water Temp: 2.8 Drake passage Sailing! The full stack is up and we make good progress in...

Telefon Bay

By: Janke Kingma

Good evening, POS:  62*45,0 S 062*08,0 W COG:  310 SOG:  4 kts WND:  NNW 5 bft SEA:  3.5 - 4 meter This morning we did a last landing in Deception Island at Telefon Bay.  After...

December 2022

Arrival to South Shetland Islands

By: Jordi Plana Morales

Blown off Fort Point (Greenwich Island) and landing in the evening at Whalers Bay (Deception Island) Early exploration enterprises in search of the coveted southernmost lands dealt already with the stretch of exposed open...

December 2022

Landing at Brown Bluff

By: Janke Kingma

Good evening, POS:  62*58,5 S 057*59,7 W COG:  295 SOG:  4 kts WND:  WNW 6 bft SEA:  2.5 meter Water Temp: 0.4 Outside temp: 1.5 A super beautiful landing at Brown Bluff. All VC...