All morning we had light winds of around 10kn from the SSW, and we kept motorsailing with the top sails set on a downwind 040º course, keeping an average speed of 5.5kn.
Landing at the old Norwegian whaling harbour of Godthul was a funny experience. We landed close to a couple of old "jolle", whaling boats used for cutting up blubber next to the floating factory ships.
In the early morning we get free from our holding under two anchors at Husvik and motor our way towards the little cove Maiviken, tucked into the coastline of cliffs and scree slopes in Cumberland Bay.
Het begin van de reis begon al goed met stevige wind en dus goeie snelheden. Maar de onstuimige zee veroorzaakte ook stevige golven. Deze sloegen met grote regelmaat over het dek en op een bepaalt punt zo heftig en met zo veel...
With the fair winds pushing us fast towards South Georgia, and despite the uncomfortable rolling as we sail over relative big swells, it really seems that our arrival time will be earlier than scheduled. That will allow us to...
Well - that's it for the Antarctic mainland as we sail away towards South Georgia after 8 astonishing days and 12 landings.
Under very special circumstances the dances of the Earth around the Sun and the Moon around our Earth make a special play for us. One of these plays are eclipses. Eclipses happen when a celestial body obscures or blocks the...
Travelling for 7-1/2 weeks on a ship with limited storage and cooking space left some of us wondering initially if we’d be delighting in tinned ravioli and the likes for days on end and eventually wither for lack of...
After being here a little more than a week it is already time to say goodbye to Antarctica… It started (after a fun Drake Passage) with Smith Island on 14 February. We aimed for the island but whether we would be able...
With light breeze we motored westwards across the Bransfield Strait during all night. Even though the wind is not good for sailing, it is a relieve not being on 40 or more kn of strong gusts on our nose, as we have been during...