TARKA Sailing Expeditions

All the pictures from the 2015 Antarctica Expedition and the 2014 Patagonian Channels Cruise are on the blog :

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Ilha Grande, close to Rio de Janeiro, April 2018



Staten Island, 2018


Haberton Estancia, close to Ushuaia, March 2018




Icebergs Cimetery

LeMaire Channel






Arriving in Antarctica, after the Drake Passage : Ice on the deck..



But the sun is coming !



Anchoring in Paradise Bay



And a dinghy ride to visit the ice sculptures...





  And the sea leopards...







Relaxing in the sea water, around -1,5 degree Celsius (freezes at -2°C ...)


  The ice is surrounding, we have to take care !


Visit of the chilean base, nobody inside, but he base is occupied !



This year, the Gerlache strait is very full of ice, we cannot sail more south than Paradise Bay



So we are heading north !

Beside the Enterprise, wreck of a former whaler (1920)



The weather window is ideal for our return to Cape Horn : go ! back to civilisation...


Arriving in Puerto Toro 2,5 days later :













Nos compagnons de route


 

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