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We have now arrived at the last miles of the Drake Passage. A beautiful day and no wind. On all sides the beauty of nature. The day started with the first iceberg, at 5 ...

After a beautiful sunny day travelling through the Beagle Channel, we hung over the bow to enjoy the playing Peale's dolphins. There were also some bathing Magellaen penguins...

At 4 o’clock the awaited gale was upon us. The wind increased to gale force. In the shimmering twilight, with 6-meter waves, a blistering snowstorm and the howling of the ...

It is a great misconception that it is only foggy when there is no wind. Yesterday we had thick mist all day and the wind increased to 5Bft. Mist, wind and icebergs are ...

When we arrived yesterday at the entrance of Neumayer Channel it was completely closed up with ice. Blue ice mountains, as big as a house, growlers (deep ice pieces as big...

In Port Lockroy a big part of the bay was still covered with sea ice from last winter. During the morning a lot of ice drifted into the bay. Together with big glacier ice ...