Contact
Postal address:
Rederij Bark EUROPA
P.O. Box 23183
NL-3001 KD Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Email: info@barkeuropa.com
Tel.:
Fax: +31 10-281 0991
Antarctica Grand Centennial Tour
EXPEDITION CELEBRATING 100 YEAR BARK EUROPA
Join us for this special voyage visiting the Falklands, South-Georgia and Antarctica in one spectacular journey.
All prices subject to change. * The price includes all meals on board, tea and coffee. The price is excluding the landing fee for South-Georgia of GBP 158,- ,the drinks in the bar, the transfers to and from the ship and the travel/cancellation insurance. Please order your detailed voyage description here. Transfer. We can help arrange the transfer. You can of course also make your own travel arrangements. Please make sure you arrive on time. The ship is not able to wait if you are too late. |
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FALKLAND ISLANDS, SOUTH GEORGIA AND ANTARCTICA IN ONE VOYAGE
This winter the 56-meter long bark EUROPA sails through Antarctic to Southern Atlantic waters again. The first trip of this season starts in the Falkland Islands and finishes in Ushuaia, Argentina after sailing to South Georgia and Antarctica. During this 34-day voyage we will visit a number of remarkable areas like the sub-Antarctic island South Georgia with its spectacular scenery and outstanding wildlife. Furthermore we will sail to the Weddell Sea with her many icebergs, the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands. We end our voyage in Ushuaia, the most southern city of the world.
This voyage is an adventure for all nature and sailing lovers. The places where we land offer aremarkable wildlife with unique species, sometimes in surprising quantities. Our voyage offers all nature lovers a special opportunity to meet with some of the most unspoiled environment of this world.
EUROPA sails from Port Stanley on the Falkland Islands towards South Georgia. The Southern Atlantic Ocean is infamous for its roughness, hence the names: “Roaring Forties”, “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” corresponding with the degrees of latitude. Sailing on sea may take around a week and you will be able to experience all the aspects of seaman’s life, including watch keeping, climbing the masts and classic navigation.
In sailing the EUROPA, teamwork is the keyword. On board you learn the names of the hundreds of different lines and 30 sails. Everybody will experience the voyage differently; The horizon will sail with the ship day after day, Wandering Albatrosses, dolphins who play in the bow wave, a waxing and waning moon, etcetera.
On earlier voyages many Humpback Whales, Minke Whales and even Orcas (Killer Whales), came swimming alongside the ship full of curiosity.
When we reach South Georgia we will anchor here for a week in different bays surrounded by mountains, glaciers, beaches and steep cliffs, inhabited by albatrosses and thousands of penguins, including the King Penguin. The helm grass on the coast of South Georgia provides ideal shelter for Fur Seals and Elephant Seals. We’ll find the remains of a former whaling station at Grytviken and see the grave of Shackleton, one of the most heroic pole travellers. It is an old tradition to drink a glass of whisky near his grave.We then sail towards the Weddell Sea. The Weddell Sea is covered with icebergs and is bordered at the south by the large Larsen and Ronne Ice Shelf, where large icebergs break away. Only very few people visit the Weddell Sea and we will stay in this area for a couple of days. Steep glaciers, walls of ice with magical shapes and surreal colours will surround the EUROPA with floating growlers on which Leopard Seals rest . Visitors on shore will often be welcomed by thousands of penguins. From the Weddell Sea we set sail west of the Antarctic peninsula. We visit the spectacular Deception Island, an active imploded volcano (caldera). We sail through Neptune’s Bellows into the caldera and walk on the steaming black beaches.
After a visit of the South Shetland Islands we set sail for the Drake Passage, infamous among sailors worldwide. There is only a day of sailing left in the Beagle Channel to our final destination Ushuaia. It is time to say goodbye to the EUROPA and to life on board. It will be difficult to get used to the ‘normal’ life again.
A detailed voyage description is available.
Less flying and more EUROPA?
Combine your Centennial voyage with the voyage Montevideo to Stanley, embarking in Uruguay on 25th November. This way you will not have to arrange a flight from the mainland of South-America to the Falkland Islands. At the same time you will have 3 extra days to spend on the Falkland Islands, while you are staying on board.
