Full of new experiences and impressions we are heading now towards Ushuaia. Fortunately: The Phoenicians had a proverb: “days spent at sea are not deducted from your allotted life span.”
This time the Drake has been a bit of everything, a bit of shake and a bit of lake, but both not in its most extreme form. After we passed through the eye of the low, we caught some nice South Westerley...
And so we are out on the Drake again. We left Antarctica after our landing at Neko Habour, with still some hours sheltered by Brabant and Ansvers island – but back on the Swell and waves of the Drake...
After a night of drifting with the ice and glaciers, we continue early in the morning towards Paradise. Conditions here are calm, the water reflecting the mountains and glaciers. No wonder the sealers named...
Aloha, Today is February 27th. This morning after breakfast and a briefing from one of the staff from Port Lockroy, we headed out for a landing at Port Lockroy to tour the post office. Seems like a dull...
Late last evening we anchored close to Yalour islands. Arriving in the dark to a place that over the last years more often than not has been filled with large amounts of ice, was in itself an impressive ...
Southernmost. Here we are. Reached our Southernmost point this voyage with the Bark Europa. 65° 21'9 South, 064°07.1 West. Went beyond that Southernmost point with our zodiacs. Through a sculpture...
Today we were on course to reach the most southerly point of our journey. We woke up to another astounding landscape before landing on Berthelot Island. There we saw the Adelie penguins for the first time. ...
First came the Drake, than the glorious arrival, followed by a day of sunshine and exploring, two days of extreme wind and extreme surprises, and now two days of calm beauty, passages and landings close to...
Last time I stepped onboard Europa was in 2018 sailing from the Azores to Harlingen. Last time I sailed to Antarctica was the 2015/16 season – 7 years ago! Feelings to come sailing again were of course...