The lucky ones that had the midnight to 4 am watch noticed that the night did not really get dark anymore. The sky turned into a night kind of blue, but before it reached darkness, it started getting light again. It is...
Outside it has clearly gotten colder; during the early morning we have crossed the convergence zone. It is in this oceanic boundary, between 20-30 nm wide, that the temperate sub Antarctic waters meet the cold polar waters of...
19th December 2016 Drake Passage, on our way to Ushuaia. Leaving behind the 60ºs and sailing the 50ºs. Crossing the Polar Front.
We left Elephant Island at breakfast time and spent the next day and a half crossing the Bransfield Strait towards the Antarctic Peninsula.
A good bartender isn't just someone who can shake a cocktail container of mixed alcohols behind his back, throw it up and catch it in one hand, then slosh it dramatically from a meter up into your glass without spilling a...
After dinner we greatly enjoy today’s gorgeous never-ending sunset, lasting longer and longer as we get southwards and the daylight hours increase.
South Georgia was such a high for us all so perhaps it was to be expected we'd run into a few lows when we left this southern paradise.
We're sailing the Scotia Sea now. Huge swells, snow, fog, cold winds. What (not) to wear is an ongoing topic of discussion.
Have you seen any fur seals around recently? King penguins perhaps?
We woke up to a cloudy and rainy day. The heavy snowfall last night left behind a thick layer of snow over our decks, but as the morning hours pass, it slowly melted away while the crew, with the help of some of us, were...