Boreas joined the EUROPA in Cape Town. It took him a while, but he is now very keen to familiarize with ship and crew.
Two weeks have passed in Cape Town since the last Voyage-crew left the ship and and she went on dry dock for her customary South African maintenance period. Since then, a play of riddles and puzzles. Shipyard, dry dock,...
After a successful voyage across the South Atlantic that started about a couple of months ago, Antarctica, South Georgia and the rough seas around them all the way to South Africa, now lie behind us. Sailing and visiting...
The morning scientific work carried out by the eager team of Scouts on board is to assist in investigating krill in the Antarctic Peninsula area. Whilst on this voyage to Antarctica the Scouts have been tasked...
It's November 22nd 06:00 ship's time. I'm woken up by a loud bang, almost immediately followed by a blaring fire alarm siren. We're in the run-up towards breakfast and the galley is starting up with their preparations....
I have finally embarked Bark Europa and started my journey from Scheveningen, the Netherlands and then crossing the Atlantic ocean to Montevideo, Uruguay crossing. The first couple of weeks conducting the research project has...
As all over the world it seems times are approaching for a gradual return to what many say “new normality”, maybe half way back to how it was before, here we find ourselves approximately at half of the length of...
Combining the whole of the crew are the hands, muscles and brains sailing the Europa across the oceans. From galley to captain, all are working for the common goal of crossing from South to North Atlantic....
Stillness and calm. Almost for the whole week we are stuck at 21° latitude. “Epic slow” says Krista, our bosun, paraphrasing the title of Eric’s post from two weeks ago about an epic low...
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to...