Antarctica. The mythical hidden southern continent for so long. Not sighted nor first trodden by human feet until the 19th Century. Today the Europa heads straight into the Weddell Sea, “ according to the testimony of...
Mondays are for meeting the crew! One of the aspects that makes our voyages most unique are the people you share your experience with. Meet Chilean guide Jonathan (31), who will be guiding the Chilean Channel sailing...
A freezing cold night left behind frosty decks and stiff ropes as the mist froze over everything it touched. Then the fog lifts; the snow falls. For a while before the decks, ropes, and rig get covered under a...
Grey. Out of the fog like oceanic ghosts come today flocks of the grey Southern Fulmars. Mist, reduced visibility sometimes of just about 100 meters, grey skies that merge with the ocean in...
The Screaming 60’s welcome us with light winds and calm seas. Motor sailing our way north of the South Orkney Islands. Black and white. Their upper wings show the colors of the day. Spread over their...
Following the wind shifts sailing close hauled towards Antarctica. Using the engines to plan the trip with a detour north of the ice surrounding the South Orkney Islands. Following the general trend of...
In the Low-Pressure system highway of the Scotia Sea, the next one crosses our path, with its wind shifts and changes. It blows and turns from the NNW. In the early morning, the watches deal with Southerlies and...
Coming across another Low-Pressure System. We keep coming across icebergs of any kind and size. They vaguely come into sight in the low light of the night as a menacing shade in the distance or as smaller...
Bang, bang, bang… bang!!!!💥 Freeing ports don’t stop banging scoping water off a main deck that fills up with every jerk when the big swells crash over the hull and climb over the railing, with the ship...
Departure from South Georgia towards Antarctica South Georgia is a quite serious playground. Famous for its moody weather, sometimes calm, often raging with forceful winds and big swells. Not many of its bays offer a...