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Welcome to Victory Adventure Expeditions l, the world's most southern cruise agency. Expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, Cape Horn, Falklands & Tierra Del Fuego.
On these sailing tours you'll see: Majestic mountains dipped in snow...Crystalline waterways...Dolphins, seals... Soaring Andes condors...Ice-blue Glaciers that shimmer like jewels...

      

Expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia,
Cape Horn, Falklands & Tierra Del Fuego


  
Antarctic Peninsula              


USHUAIA - CAPE HORN -
ANTARCTICA - USHUAIA

(4 weeks)

(Typical Itinerary) 

1. DAY USHUAIA (54°56'S / 68°06'W)

Beautiful view from the plane across the
Beagle Channel and glaciers - we pick you up
from the airport by dinghy - you choose your
bunk and get familiar with the boat - last
big shopping for 4 weeks - sailing across the
Beagle Channel - we pass 'Isla dos Lobos':
Sea Lions and Cormorants.

2. DAY PUERTO WILLIAMS (54°56'S / 67°36'W)

We anchor at 'Seno Lauro', the best natural
harbor of this region - the old cargo ship
'Micalvi' is our jetty and provides at the
same time all harbor facilities: pub and
shower - here are a handful of boats tied off
already, getting ready for Antarctica or just
coming down from the Chilean Channels -
Yamana Indians - Martin Gusinde Museum - last
shower at Micalvi

3. DAY PUERTO TORO (55°05'S / 67°06'W)

Laid back Puerto Toro - sailing the Beagle
Channel - Puerto Toro: most southern
settlement of the world - 50 inhabitants -
trading for King Crab - detailed weather
analysis for the right moment to cross the
Drake.

4.-7. DAY DRAKE PASSAGE

It can get tough - Albatross and Cape Pigeon
join the daily radio contact with the other
yachts and Antarctic weather stations -
reaching the Antarctic convergence zone:
polar waters with greenish color and lots of
life - who sees the first iceberg? -
continuous watch for growlers and icebergs

8.-9. DAY MELCHIOR ISLANDS (64°20S / 630°00W)

We have made it - we arrive at Antarctica:
the coldest, the loneliest, the driest, the
most isolated, the most peaceful of all
continents, only 2% are not covered by ice -
mountain ranges reach 2000 meters - Fur Seal
colony - Sea Leopards on floating ice shells
- flashing white of the icebergs and
crystal-blue polar water.

10. DAY FALSE BAY

Adelie-, Gentoo- and Chinstrappenguins - they
can dive up to 300 metres deep and swim up to
36 km/hour - Crabeater Seals - navigation
gets different because we cannot see the real
coastlines of the islands, so chart
navigation is difficult.

11. - 12. DAY PARADISE BAY (64°55S / 63°00W)

Big chance to see whales: Minky and Humpback
Whales - they often come close to the boat -
Chilean station Videla is abandoned, the
penguins have won their territory back -
Cormorant colonies - Gentoo colonies - dinghy
trips - incredible scenery

13. DAY PETERMAN ISLAND (65°10S / 64°05W)

LeMaire Channel: very narrow channel with
1000 meter high stone walls, sometimes a huge
iceberg gets stuck in the middle of the
channel - Peterman Island: many Sea Leopards
and Sea Elephants.

14. DAY VERNADSKY STATION (65°15S / 64°15W)

The passage to Vernadsky is not charted,
therefore we put the dinghy in front of the
'Sarah' and look for a safe passage -
Vernadsky (Ukraine): 15 men in summer, 10
during the winter, former English station,
station members get a supply ship twice a
year only - we bring eggs and cheese from
Chile - sauna, pub, discussions.

15.-16. DAY PORT LOCKROY (64°55S / 63°30W)

We head north to one of the best anchorages
of Antarctica - good chance to meet another
yacht or cruise ship - at the English station
we can post our polar post - good opportunity
to get up the glacier with our snow shoes.

17. DAY PALMER STATION (64°45S / 64°00'W)

If we are lucky we get permission to visit
the American base - totally different set-up:
thorough biology research - we could even
phone back home - American atmosphere.

18. DAY GERLACHE STRAIT

We should see Humpback Whales: they are
inquisitive and could easily stay for 1¦2
hour with us, we get the dinghy in the water,
they approach us and come very close, they
dive below the yacht and play.

19. DAY ENTERPRISE ISLAND (64°20'S / 61°10'W)

'Antarctic Marina': a wrecked whaling boat is
our jetty - from the nearby waterfall we tap
water and fill up our tanks.

20. DAY GAMMA ISLAND (64°20S / 630°00W )

Last opportunity for extensive dinghy tours -
preparation for the Drake - if the group
wishes and the weather allows it we can make
a detour to Deception Island: the island is
volcanic, big parts are covered by black lava
sand - ruins of an abandoned whaling station.

21.-24. DAY DRAKE PASSAGE

We should see the passage with different eyes
now; its all that much more familiar - sea
birds accompany us again - we head for Cape
Horn

25. DAY CAPE HORN (55°50'S / 67°18'W)

The classic aspect of Cape Horn is the cliff
face to the southern headland. Well below its
summit, the old lighthouse , still stands,
but shines no more below the clouds. On
exposed rocks, a mile offshore, the sea
breaks heavily even on a calm day, as the
rollers coming in from the Southern Ocean
pile up on shelf water, 75 miles away to the
south-west. Cape of the ultimate challenge -
many destinies and catastrophes have taken
place here - symbol for the end of the world.
- visit to the island: Chilean navy control
post - passport stamps and post - chapel -
monument - wildlife - deep tussock grass.

26. DAY ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN

Sail around Cape Horn - excursion to other
islands of the Wollaston group - anchor at
Bahia Scourfield.

27. DAY PUERTO WILLIAMS (54°56'S / 67°36'W)

Back to civilization after 4 weeks of near
isolation - showers and shopping - trekking -
we pick up our Cape Horn certificates from
the navy post.

28. DAY USHUAIA (54°56'S / 68°06'W)

Last sail across the Beagle - fresh bread and
cheese - transport by dinghy to the airport.

pecially built & equipped steel yachts to Antarctica

  • We have more than 20 yachts sailing to Antarctica, Cape Horn & Tierra del Fuego Glaciers and South Georgia:

  • SARAH, KOTICK II


  • SANTA MARIA


  • MAGO DEL SUR


  • FERNANDE


  • PHILOS


  • KEKILISTRION


  • UNICORNIO

  • EUROPA


  • OOSTERSCHELDE

  • GOLDEN FLEECE

  • PELAGIC

  • LE SOURIRE

  • BALTAZAR

  • KING DAVID
    •

    See also our "ends of the earth" page for more yachts, boats, ships and planes




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    South Georgia, Cape Horn, and Tierra Del Fuego, please     Email me at
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