Before midnight we reached Andvord Bay, where today’s morning landingsite, Neko harbor is located. At the beginning the idea was to drift in the wide part of Andvord until the early morning when we ...
With ice drifting all around us, we spent the night at anchor. Not only the icy waters and shallow areas around us provided a relatively good spot to overnight, but also created a fantastic setting for the ...
Leaving Cuverville and the Errera channel behind, Europa slowly made her way southwards. As scheduled, at about the beginning of breakfast time, she was about to face the narrow passage at Eclipse Point, that...
As we head South, the open waters of the Bransfield Strait become narrower, constrained by Brabant and Anvers islands, other islets and the Peninsulas itself. At this point it takes the name of Gerlache Strait. ...
Waking up at our anchorage in the so-called Back Bay, close to a glacier front just passed Goudier Island and Port Lockroy, many of us enjoy breakfast on deck under clear blue skies and intense Antarctic...
From the very early hours of the day we were slowly motoring towards Yalour Islands, still through heavy ice conditions covering the calm seas. The small archipelago where we were heading are a group of...
The afternoon zodiac cruise between Spert and Trinity Island was followed by a quiet evening at our spectacular anchorage, just next to the calving glacier fronts that cover the rugged island. After...
At around breakfast time we approached Deception Island. Initially we thought it might be possible to land at Baily Head but as we came close the swell was too much so a landing was not possible. We continued on in t...
During the early hours of the day, we got in sight of land, the rugged scenery of the northern coasts of Livingston Island, surrounded by rocky islets and shallows. Europa heads to the poorly charted waters...
After a night holding anchor at Half Moon, early in the morning we pick up the 4 shackles of anchor chain and start our way towards the dramatic rocky peninsula of Fort Point. Located at the Eastern shores Greenwich...