Captain's Blog & Ship Locator

• Cape Sredniy Bear - 16-06-2013
• Wings over Yamskiye - 15-06-2013
• Talan Island Dawn - 13-06-2013
• Bears on the Beach - 11-06-2013
• Blue Skies in Mal'minskiy - 10-06-2013
• Ice Seal Evening - 09-06-2013
• Ice Ahead - 07-06-2013
• Auspicious Day - 06-06-2013
• Sea of Okhotsk Beckons - 05-06-2013
• Our Russian Far East 2013 begins - 03-06-2013
• Arrival at Zarubino - 31-05-2013
• Zarubino in Sight - 30-05-2013
• Okinawa to the East - 27-05-2013
• At Sea Again - 24-05-2013
• Philippines - 29-04-2013
• Journey's End - 12-04-2013
• Kolombangara - 09-04-2013
• Tropical Paradise - 08-04-2013
• Photographer of the Year Blog - 07-04-2013
• Makira - 06-04-2013
• Rennell - 05-04-2013
• Farewell New Caledonia - 04-04-2013
• Noumea - 02-04-2013
• First Landing at Norfolk Island - 29-03-2013
• Day at Sea - 28-03-2013
• Northward Bound - 27-03-2013
• Lines Away! - 26-03-2013
• All Aboard! - 25-03-2013
• Leaving Dry Dock - 22-03-2013
• Movement! - 21-03-2013
• Propeller - 19-03-2013
• Maintenance - 18-03-2013
• Dry Dock - 11-03-2013
• Christchurch - 06-03-2013
• Back to Lyttelton - 05-03-2013
• Ross Sea Farewell - 27-02-2013
• Scott Base Visit - 23-02-2013
• Weather Watch off McMurdo - 22-02-2013
• Antarctic Circle - 17-02-2013
• Heading South Again - 14-02-2013
• Macquarie Regenerates - 13-02-2013
• Elusive Snares - 10-02-2013
• Ice Bound Again - 07-02-2013
• Bluff Changeover - 06-02-2013
• The Home Stretch - 05-02-2013
• Breaking Free - 30-01-2013
• Scott's Northern Party - 28-01-2013
• Ross Ice Shelf - 25-01-2013
• Endless Sunshine - 24-01-2013
• Rounding Cape Bird - 23-01-2013
• Seals on Ice - 21-01-2013
• Ross's Seal - 20-01-2013
• More Ice - 18-01-2013
• Ice! - 17-01-2013
• Macquarie in the Sunshine - 14-01-2013
• Enderby Island Resupply - 12-01-2013
• Slipping by the Snares - 10-01-2013
• Otago Farewell - 09-01-2013
• Port of Otago - 08-01-2013
• Magenta and Chatham Island Petrels - 05-01-2013
• Approaching the Chatham Islands - 03-01-2013
• Bounty Islands in our Wake - 02-01-2013
• New Years Eve - 31-12-2012
• Macquarie Changeover - 29-12-2012
• Calm After the Storm - 26-12-2012
• Christmas Day - 25-12-2012
• Enderby Christmas Eve - 24-12-2012
• Snares Cruising - 23-12-2012
• Back in Bluff - 21-12-2012
• Bluff Bound - 20-12-2012
• Campbell Island - 18-12-2012
• Macquarie Island Visit - 15-12-2012
• Nearing Macquarie - 12-12-2012
• Riding the Waves - 11-12-2012
• Hobart - 10-12-2012
• Whales and Dolphins - 07-12-2012
• Dolphins Ride the Bow Wave - 06-12-2012
• Crossing the Bight - 04-12-2012
• Birding the Australian Bight - 03-12-2012
• Heard Island Blues - 28-11-2012
• Heard Island Revisited - 23-11-2012
• Heard Island Landing Today - 21-11-2012
• Waiting Game - 20-11-2012
• Amsterdam Albatross - 19-11-2012
• Heard Island Arrival - 19-11-2012
• Long Sea Voyage - 17-11-2012
• All at Sea - 15-11-2012
• Heard Island Bound - 08-11-2012
• Fremantle - 07-11-2012
• Nearing Western Australia - 31-10-2012
• Equator - 25-10-2012
• Passing the Philippines - 21-10-2012
• Southward Bound - 16-10-2012
• Final Preparations - 10-10-2012
• Crew Changeover - 01-10-2012
• Homeward Bound - 20-09-2012
• Science Farewell - 16-09-2012
• Science Voyage Nearing Completion - 14-09-2012
• Coast Guard Contact - 12-09-2012
• Leftovers - 11-09-2012
• Chukchi Sea - 10-09-2012
• Science in the Sun - 09-09-2012
• Fish Research - 07-09-2012
• Ice around Wrangel Island - 06-09-2012
• Time Out for Scientists - 05-09-2012
• Stormy Weather - 03-09-2012
• Research Delayed - 01-09-2012
• Research Voyage - 31-08-2012
• Departing Nome - 29-08-2012
• Return to Nome - 28-08-2012
• Science Study - 25-08-2012
• Polar Bears on Ice - 15-08-2012
• Icy Voyage to Wrangel - 14-08-2012
• Alternative Olympics - 12-08-2012
• Bering Air - 08-08-2012
• Ptarmigan Close Up - 07-08-2012
• Dateline Diomedes - 06-08-2012
• Return to Siberia - 05-08-2012
• Polar Bear Leap - 04-08-2012
• Walrus Raft - 02-08-2012
• Cape Blossom Seal Kill - 01-08-2012
• Wrangel Island - 31-07-2012
• Polar Bear Watch - 30-07-2012
• Ice Encountered - 29-07-2012
• Uelen Village - 28-07-2012
• Whale Bone Alley - 27-07-2012
• Cape Achen - 26-07-2012
• Anadyr Embarkation - 25-07-2012
• Anadyr - 23-07-2012
• Scientific Voyage Heads Home - 20-07-2012
• Birthday off Cape Lisburne - 17-07-2012
• Grey Whales Off Point Hope - 16-07-2012
• Water Sampling - 14-07-2012
• Diomede Islands - 13-07-2012
• Scientific Research Continues - 12-07-2012
• First day of Scientific Charter - 11-07-2012
• Nome, Alaska - 10-07-2012
• Walrus Encounter - 06-07-2012
• Elusive Spoonies - 04-07-2012
• Spoonies Search Begins - 03-07-2012
• Natalia Bay - 02-07-2012
• Kamchatka Bears - 01-07-2012
• Bird Islands - 30-06-2012
• Homage to a Great Explorer - 28-06-2012
• Eagles and a Helicopter - 26-06-2012
• Kamchatka Volcano - 24-06-2012
• Orca Farewell - 23-06-2012
• Kamchatka Salmon - 21-06-2012
• Steller Sea Lion Escort - 20-06-2012
• Ice Climbing Bear - 19-06-2012
• Magadan Mask of Sorrow - 17-06-2012
• Three Landings - 14-06-2012
• Ice Seals - 13-06-2012
• Iony - Tiny Island, Big Experience - 11-06-2012
• Grey Whales and Oil - 10-06-2012
• Tyuleniy Island - 09-06-2012
• Alongside in Korsakov - 08-06-2012
• Birding Voyage Nears Completion - 07-06-2012
• Urup Island - 05-06-2012
• Yankicho Island - 04-06-2012
• Steller's Sea Eagle Visit - 01-06-2012
• Bering Island Coastline - 30-05-2012
• Fin Whales Feeding - 28-05-2012
• Port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy - 27-05-2012
• Sea Otters Aplenty - 24-05-2012
• Paramushir Island Whaling Station - 22-05-2012
• Glorious Day at Onekotan Island - 21-05-2012
• 300 Year Anniversary - 20-05-2012
• Orca Alongside - 19-05-2012
• Divers Below - 17-05-2012
• Fog Promotes History - 15-05-2012
• Brown Bears - 14-05-2012
• Otters and Relics - 13-05-2012
• Illegal Fishing Intercepted - 12-05-2012
• Making History - 11-05-2012
• Sea Otter Search Begins - 10-05-2012
• Port of Zarubino - 05-05-2012
• Home Port - 02-05-2012
• Tsugaru Strait - 01-05-2012
• Port of Yokohama - 30-04-2012
• Nearing Japan - 27-04-2012
• Cruising to Miyake-Jima Island - 26-04-2012
• Off Torishima Island - 25-04-2012
• Ogasawara Islands - 24-04-2012
• Nearing Bonin Islands Chain - 23-04-2012
• Steaming for Bonin Islands - 22-04-2012
• Christmas Shearwater sighted - 21-04-2012
• Cruising North - 20-04-2012
• Departed for the Bonin Islands - 19-04-2012
• Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands - 18-04-2012
• Crossing the Equator - 16-04-2012
• Cruising off New Ireland - 15-04-2012
• Sacred Kingfisher Visit - 14-04-2012
• Heading North Past Bougainville - 13-04-2012
• Tropical Forest - 12-04-2012
• Guadalcanal - 11-04-2012
• Authentic Greeting at Makira Island - 10-04-2012
• Rennell Island - Many birds sighted - 09-04-2012
• Polynesian Storm Petrel - Rare sighting - 08-04-2012
• North to the Solomon Islands - 07-04-2012
• A rare find yesterday off New Caledonia - 06-04-2012
• Alongside in New Caledonia - 05-04-2012
• Pelagic Birds Fiesta - 03-04-2012
• Norfolk Island - 02-04-2012
• The open sea calls - 31-03-2012
• Top of New Zealand - 30-03-2012
• All aboard for the Western Pacific Odyssey - 29-03-2012
• Crew and Expedition Staff caught 2 Kingfish and 3 Kahawai - 28-03-2012
• Albatross following our progress north - 27-03-2012
• Sighted two NZ fur seals off to Port - 26-03-2012
• Spirit of Enderby sails north - 25-03-2012
• Loading for Western Pacific Odyssey - 22-03-2012
• Departing Dry Dock - 19-03-2012
• Ship ready to depart dry dock - 17-03-2012
• Dry Dock Progress - 14-03-2012
• Dry Dock Lyttelton - 11-03-2012
• Portside Lyttelton - 09-03-2012
• Heading North for Christchurch - 08-03-2012
• Bounty Islands - 07-03-2012
• Antipodes Islands - 06-03-2012
• At Sea - 05-03-2012
• Campbell Island - 04-03-2012
• Atlantic Convergence - 03-03-2012
• At Sea Lat 60 - 02-03-2012
• At Sea Lat 63 - 01-03-2012
• At Sea Lat 66 - 29-02-2012
• At Sea Lat 69 - 28-02-2012
• At Sea Lat 74 - 27-02-2012
• Ice Issues - 26-02-2012
• Farewell to McMurdo - 25-02-2012
• Scott Base - 24-02-2012
• Franklin Island - 23-02-2012
• Ross Sea - 22-02-2012
• Crossing the Antarctic Circle - 21-02-2012
• Icebergs - 20-02-2012
• Argo Launched - 19-02-2012
• At Sea Lat 58 - 18-02-2012
• Aurora Australis - 17-02-2012
• Macquarie Island - 16-02-2012
• At Sea Lat 52 - 15-02-2012
• Carnley Harbour - 14-02-2012
• Enderby Island - 13-02-2012
• At Sea Lat 49 - 12-02-2012
• The Snares - 11-02-2012
• Preparing to Depart Bluff - 10-02-2012