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    • Traveler2020 World Cruise
      Day 33

      Last day in Antarctica/南極の最後の日

      February 2, 2020, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 2 °C

      Pics I took yesterday. The whales were camera shy. Haha 😂 Today unfortunately it's foggy and doesn't look like it will clear up.
      昨日写った写真です。今日は霧がかかっていて、晴れそうもありません。😅😅くじらは写真に協力してくれませんでした。😭

    • Traveler117 days toward the west
      Day 30

      Transition sur le détroit de Magellan

      February 3, 2020, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Un déjeuner rapide hier et nous reprenions la direction de la passerelle afin de profiter d'une dernière ballade en ville. C'était dimanche et donc beaucoup plus animé sous le soleil.

      A 18 heures pétantes, la sirène à sonné trois fois pour dire au revoir et nous nous sommes lentement éloignés du quai. Comme à chaque départ, la maneuvre est accompagnée de Can te Partiro sur la sono du bord... Toujours émouvant, surtout que le départ d'Ushuaia est un peu comme celui de Rio. On quitte un endroit mythique, un peu magique, que vraisemblablement on ne reverra jamais... Le prochain du genre sera sans doute Tahiti. On verra.

      Le soir, pas de spectacle pour nous, nous avions trainé sur le pont supérieur afin de revoir, jumelles à la main, une fois encore les manchots. Ils étaient au rendez-vous et nous ont salué d'un petit coup d'aile à notre passage. Une fois encore, la plage en était presque complètement recouverte, il y en avait des milliers. Et puis le bateau s'est éloigné les laissant entre eux, tranquilles.

      Ce matin, séance de marche sur le pont 7. La partie babord était inondée à cause des embruns. Il faut dire que la mer est un peu forte ce matin. Pour nous idem, ça ne bouge pas. Et puis la conférence sur notre prochaine escale demain: Punta Arena au Chili.      Read more

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    • Traveler2020 World Cruise
      Day 35

      Cape Horn/ホーン岬

      February 4, 2020, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Cape Horn is on the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) , which is the southern most area of the South American continent. It faces Drakes Passage.
      ホーン岬は南米大陸の最南端、ティエラ・デル・フエゴ諸島の最南に位置する岬である。ティエラ・デル・フエゴは日本語に直訳すると「火の土地」となり、南米大陸南端部に位置する諸島。ドレーク海峡に面しています。      Read more

    • SailingFOBAtlantic Crossing
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      Ascension

      May 5, 2022, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      When we first saw Ascension Island just before dawn, it looked like a scene from a Bond movie - there were red, green, white and yellow lights strewn across the breadth of it, the odd one flashing. It was not what I expected of a remote mid-Atlantic island. But when the sun rose it revealed another story. Yes, there are scores of satellite dishes, radomes and masts all over the place, but the landscape is spectacular and other-worldly. It was formed by a volcano a few million years ago (to be precise 😁) and there are about 40 cones visible on the island. A combination of lava, ash and clinker give it a moonscape feel. In fact there are whisperings that the moon landing was filmed there 😱. And since NASA had built a telecoms and tracking station for the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab missions, you just never know! But most importantly for all of you who use GPS, Ascension hosts one of the five ground antenna placed around the world that enable the system to operate. So, very important, nê?Read more

    • SailingFOBAtlantic Crossing
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      The deep blue sea

      May 14, 2022, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

      After having a swim in the middle of the Mozambique Channel on our last trip, I really wanted to have a dip in the middle of the Atlantic. The seas were too lumpy right in the middle, but I still managed one about 300nm before Fernando de Noronha. Mike put some ropes on a couple of fenders and threw them out the back (or should I rather say stern), then we hoved-to and Dom and I jumped in. The sea was probably about 4000m deep there, but I didn’t look down just in case.Read more

    • SailingFOBAtlantic Crossing

      Squall city

      May 24, 2022, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

      The trip from Fernando to the northern bump of Brazil was champagne sailing. Calm waters and the wind behind us. Then the squalls started. We could see them approaching on the radar and the winds would go from 12 to 30 kts in a minute. The worst one so far was yesterday. Three honks on the hooter means all hands on deck and you just know that there’s going to be a bit of drama. The winds shot up and our boat speed started approaching 12kts (the safe speed for this boat is around 8). The boys jumped into action: Furl in the genoa, engines on and turn into the wind. This is the worst part because the boat is all over the place and things fly around the galley. The rain was pelting down and there were three drowned rats at the helm station, having the time of their lives. The boat speed dropped to about 3 kts and we stayed into the wind until the squall had stopped its little hissy fit. And sorry for you if you had forgotten to close your hatches and port holes. Then, just like that, the wind dropped so low that we had to put the engines on, the sun came out and asked us what the problem was, and life was back to normal. Until the next one…
      (Side note: You have port holes on the starboard side, but not starboard holes on the port side - they’re also port holes. Hopefully that sorts out any confusion! 🙄)      Read more

    • TravelerRund um Südamerika
      Day 21

      Weihnachtsengel - Klappe die Zweite

      December 8, 2022, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Es ist wieder so weit. Bei äquatorialen Temperaturen wurde ein Weihnachtsmarkt auf dem Pooldeck organisiert. Während der feierlichen Eröffnungsrede des Kapitäns wurde doch nicht etwa ein Glöckchen gehört?! Das wird doch wohl nicht das Weihnachtsmann-Glöckchen gewesen sein?! Der helle Wahnsinn. Er hat es sogar samt Engelchen aufs Schiff geschafft. 😁

      Nachdem sie ihre Runden im Blitzlichtgewitter zwischen den Gästen gedreht haben, nahmen sie am Weihnachtsmann-Sessel Platz und ließen sich mit gefühlt jedem einzelnen Gast stundenlang ablichten. Warum kommt mir das blonde Engelchen nur so bekannt vor?! 😉      Read more

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    • TravelerRund um Südamerika
      Day 37

      Merry X-Mas!!!

      December 24, 2022, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      Yes, es weihnachtet auch an Bord ordentlich. Neben einem großen Weihnachtsbaum, der aufgrund der zu kleinen Transportbox sogar um 3 m gekürzt werden musste, gab es auch eun überdimensionales Pfefferkuchenhäuschen und viiieeel Weihnachtsmugge. Dadurch kam nun auch bei uns ein wenig Weihnachtsfeeling auf. 🙂Read more

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    • TravelerAntarctica 2023
      Day 7

      The Drake Passage

      January 4, 2023, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 2 °C

      20 hours into the drake passage and apparently we have been extremely lucky. If I'm honest, I can't imagine it being any worse 🥲

      Luckily sickness has been held at bay thanks to some nifty sea sickness tablets, however, side effects have included falling asleep during 3 lectures today (one of which was mandatory 🤦🏻‍♀️)

      After approximately no sleep last night, I'm very excited to reach the south Shetland Islands tomorrow.

      Luckily, because the drake has been calm we are ahead of schedule so hope to reach Antarctica tomorrow!      Read more

    • TravelerAntarctica 2023
      Day 10

      Lumier Channel

      January 7, 2023, South Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 2 °C

      Another wake up call from Mario to start the day (though he did say that for those of us who stayed up a little bit later we could have another hour in bed).

      After a shower, another announcement got me moving as Orca's had been spotted off the boat. After quickly throwing on some clothes we ventured out onto the front deck where we were able to see the most interesting show. A pod/congregation of over 30 Orca's with 1 humpback. Whilst on deck there was lots of speculation - were the killer whales trying to take down the humpback? Sarah our resident whale expert was just as shocked having not seen this behaviour in person before.

      Once back inside the expedition guides were able to confirm that the killer whales we saw were type 2 and therefore not trying to kill the humpback. In fact, the humpback was trying to chase the killer whales away. Either way, what a show!

      We then headed to the Lumier channel, the narrowest part of our journey where the closest points are 700m apart. The blizzard is back and it is very cold and wet outside - keeping our fingers crossed that the weather clears and we can make it out later today!

      Well... Yes we did (at the very limit of wind speeds and swells that they are allowed to take us out in). It was a bumpy ride over to a small island where there were 20+ colonies of adellie penguins (most of the crews favourite type). And, for the first time we were able to catch a glimpse of the little baby penguins who were huddled under their parents trying to keep dry and warm (getting wet is one of the largest killers of baby penguins who aren't yet waterproofed). We were even lucky enough to see the change over of parents for one noisy little chick 😍

      Back on board, some of us headed to the sauna to dry off and warm up before dinner, some games and karaoke.

      Time is so confusing here as it is only dark for a couple of hours a day so once again, we stayed up a little bit later than intended...      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    South Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Océano Atlántico Sur

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