Log

Square, Beam Reach, Close Hauled; change to Port Tack and back again all the way around, now Starboard tack; Hove-to; bring the ship around with the wind to change course Wearing ship twice. Adjust yards and sails to the...

Overnight light winds and calm seas, although still feeling the long big swell that grew during the last windy days, made for motoring and gradually get to Point Wild, at the northern coast of Elephant Island. As planned,...

BRANSFIELD STRAIT. Making way to Elephant Island Paulet Island, our last visit ashore at the legendary Weddell Sea lies already far behind. Overnight, Europa had made her way northwards through the Antarctic Sound. First...

Wedell Sea Erebus and Terror Gulf, Named for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the vessels used by Sir James Clark Ross in exploring these waters in 1842-43, the place where we spent the night after getting off the Antarctic...

Yielding a reputation of fierce and rough passage, Drake’s legendary waters pay a good tribute to the man. Sailor, privateer, pirate, already notable during his lifetime, considered a hero by the English during the...

With a total of 52 days ahead of us, sailing all the way along the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean from South America to South Africa, few days of work and good care previous to departure are necessary to get the ship...