We are now well on the way back across the Drake Passage heading back to Ushuaia. The ocean passage watch system has been back in force since 04:00 on the 14th and the team is into the swing of sleeping at odd times so that...
Back on the watch system today and crossing the Drake. We have two of the team on look out and two on the helm whilst the rest of the watch members waiting in the deckhouse. Bark Europa has done some under sail and some...
Today is our last day not just setting foot on the continent but our last day in Antarctica! We began with a Zodiac tour around Paradise Bay observing the glaciers glowing blue and looking at the path it carved down the...
The morning scientific work carried out by the eager team of Scouts on board is to assist in investigating krill in the Antarctic Peninsula area. Whilst on this voyage to Antarctica the Scouts have been tasked...
Yesterday evening we slowly approached Breguet Glacier avoiding the icebergs as we crept closer. Antartica couldn’t have delivered any better as a small gap in the cloud parts, bathing the ocean with rays...
Every day is better than the one before. Today we sailed through the Graham Passage and past the shipwreck of an 100 year old rusting whaling ship. Then through the beautiful Wilhelmina channel full of icebergs and stunning...
The day started with anticipation to launch our Nansen net as part of our krill research project with the British Antarctic Survey. The tall net is suspended far below the water line where it collects krill and other small...
We sailed to Deception Island today which is a volcanic island. At first we landed in “Telefon Bay” and saw boiled (by the geothermal hot water) Seaweed and Krill on the shore; a few members also noticed a Weddell...
We have been in the same low pressure system since we left the Beagle – and by now we have seen quite a few sides of her. As we left we were still East of her center, and as low presure systems turn...
And so, in the end, on the last day of the year, we finally set course for Antarctica. We are on our way! And we are under sail! Already in the early evening of the first day, before even leaving the Beagle...