Making progress through the night we cruise through the Graham Passage during breakfast, this narrow channel will lead us on to our next destination - Enterprise Island.
Today we 30 odd trainees were given the opportunity to glide amongst the icebergs surrounding Trinity Island.
DAY 5/6/7 Over the past few days we have motored steadily South through the 500 km long archipelago that is the South Shetland islands.
It was a day of rest for us after two days with multiple landings and hikes ashore: zodiac cruising!
Finally the Drake is behind us - we sailed towards South Shetland Islands during the night between icebergs that seemed to get larger and larger the closer to land we got.
The wind has abated to 20 knots and the sea has settled into a much more comfortable steady pattern of ocean swell.
Since the new millenium started, the Bark Europa has undertaken voyages to Antarctica. Over 15 years she has been crossing the Drake Passage on her way to Antarctica, bringing many people an unforgettable...
Good news! EUROPA is trackable again!
Last night things became a bit rocky on board, as we sailed through wind gusts up to 40 knots from a SW-ly direction, as we sail North with high Westerly swell. That means lots of rolling. Now we know how all kind...
We wake to a foggy and cloudy morning, and almost the whole day kept snowing.