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...
Antarctica. Gerlache Strait. Graham Passage. Enterprise Island/Gouvernoren Harbour. Wilhelmina Bay. One Harbour and Danco Island. It was in 1915 when the 5459 gross tons Gouvernøren caught...
Trinity/Spert Islands and Cierva Cove As we sailed on, icebergs hunched in the water like a hierarchy of Chinese pagodas, Etruscan palaces, grain elevators, Boeing aircraft hangars, and alpine peaks. Some had...
25 Million years ago the Bransfield Strait experienced its first stages of vulcanism. Episodes have been repeated on several occasions since then, with a couple of peaks in the activity about 10 million years and 3 million...
Landings at Fort Point (Greenwich Island) and Half Moon Island (Mc. Farlane Strait) Steep jagged rocks and cliffs extend into the Bransfield Strait along a small low-lying peninsula, framed by the glacier...