23 Dec 2013
Away Again
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The Christmas 2013 voyage is underway with a happy band of explorers to visit the Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific, the Snares, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. Our chefs are already making preparations for the Christmas feast and rumour has it that we will be paid a visit by a man in a red suit sometime soon...
21 Dec 2013
Today we heaved to off the east coast of the main Snares Island and got most passengers into Zodiacs despite a 2.5 metre swell. The Zodiacs afforded …READ MORE
20 Dec 2013
In the morning the group took a walk in Tagua Bay through mossed and lichen-covered Rata and Dracophyllum forest to the wartime coast-watchers hut. T…READ MORE
19 Dec 2013
Sailing in the lee of Auckland Island made for a much more restful sleep during the 2nd half of the night. Everyone remained curled up for the last w…READ MORE
