Just like with your car, you simply have to refuel a boat to keep sailing against the headwinds we’ve been facing for days. However, while you can just drive your …
The Rhythm of the Wind
En route across the Mediterranean, we occasionally set some sail, but it remains a puzzle to keep the wind in them. The wind keeps playing with us and keeps us …
Arrival in Cagliari
In the morning, I left for Schiphol Airport—not necessarily at the crack of dawn, but around nine-thirty. The plan is to fly to Sardinia with a layover in Milan, and …
At Sea with Darwin
Exactly 209 years ago today, Charles Darwin was born. A bit more recently (Oct-Dec 2014), we sailed part of the now world-famous route that Darwin once took on the HMS …
Whale Hunting
We’re doing a tour around Pico. Pico is one of the largest islands in the Azores, named after the volcano that turned a large part of the island black. But …
Azores: in the middle of …
Grab your atlas. Where are the Azores located? To be precise: “in the middle of nowhere.” 739 miles west of Lisbon, 1264 miles east of America. If you sail directly …
The Antarctic Ice Sheet
“Here where we sail, the ice sheet is most stable.” We thought. Or rather: the scientists thought that, and we believed it was true. A small misconception. Antarctica resembles a …
The Penguin Post Office in Antarctica
“Welcome to Port Lockroy, the southernmost post office in the world.” Sarah, who is British, is waiting for us by the rocks when we arrive at Port Lockroy in our …
The Glacier and the Sill
“I was sweating it a bit,” our captain confesses. “We only had 1.8 meters under the keel. On the way back, we need to steer a bit more to the …
Ushuaia
Ushuaia: ‘the end of the world,’ they proudly call it here. And indeed, this is pretty much where it ends. It’s the height of summer, but snow, rain, and strong …
