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The US East Coast start of the Blue Planet Odyssey fleet will now leave from Key West in Florida, not Miami as was originally announced.
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The ice forecast for this season issued at the beginning of July gave the impression that this would be a normal year in the Canadian Arctic. On that basis, those planning a …
The earliest recordings of measuring the clarity of water was by the German naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso during a Russian expedition in 1815–1818. The Secchi disk was invented in 1865 by Pietro Angelo Secchi who …
We are still waiting for the ice situation to improve, so there is not much to do but deal with routine maintenance jobs, read, watch DVDs, listen to music, receive visitors from other boats waiting …
View all the photos on the European Odyssey Facebook page (no need to login) After a successful crossing of the Bay of Biscay, La Coruña was a big hit for the …
A sleek green ketch flying the Australian flag made its way slowly into Dundas Harbour and dropped anchor close to us. Standing out on its lifelines was a white banner with a large number …
Aventura motoring through ice Well, since the last of my logs, we have acquired a new experience to tick off our bucket-lists. By our decision to sail to Arctic Bay, we were …
The Canadian Ice Service published on 1 August the ice forecast for the next month. Although in general terms conditions in Arctic Canada are described as normal for this time of year, …
Robin et Jen – voilier Sephina Les participants de l’Atlantic Odyssey, Robin et Jen du voilier Sephina sont en route vers Lanzarote. Pendant leur séjour à La Coruña, ils se sont présentés à la …
When you picture the Arctic terrain, you imagine rolling ice sheets and sky-high glaciers, right? Well, ever thought about what happens in the summer when all that begins to melt and some of the ground …
The long term forecast for the ice to start retreating in the approaches to the critical part of the Northwest Passage gives the first or possibly second week of August as a …
Les équipages de Saphir, Triton, et Geronimo accueillent leurs amis du voilier Anne. Saphir avait préparé un gâteau, comme promis. Le temps est magnifique, les fruits de mer et les poissons sont frais et …
Aventura and Suilven at anchor in Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Canadian Arctic (Lat 74°31’ N, Long 82°30’W) On July 24th two yachts met in the cold waters of Baffin Bay at 74°N, a place …
Did he raise his shaggy head in defiance and in his mind scream his annoyance at us humans bringing our metal craft to disturb his cold domain? “The name ‘Arctic’ is derived from arctos, …
Northwest Passage voyage of scientific discovery The expedition aboard the ship Aventura is part of the Blue Planet Odyssey, devised by veteran sailor and author Jimmy Cornell, which aims to raise … …
Les bateaux de l’European Odyssey amarrés au Port du Moulin Blanc à Brest Un avant-goût de ce qui attend les navigateurs sous les tropiques Dans la forêt tropicale d’Océanopolis Notre …
On the boat we have an ongoing science program which includes the Secchi disk which I haven’t had a chance to use yet and will include in later blogs, and also the plastic trawl which …
Finding a new boat to sail the Northwest Passage might not appeal to most people, but most people aren’t Jimmy Cornell. Graham Snook went to test the boat Jimmy commissioned – the Garcia Exploration …
After exactly one month to the day, we bid farewell to Greenland and set a course across Baffin Bay to the Canadian side and Lancaster Sound. We spent the last day cruising through Greenland’s spectacular …
In Aasiaat the local people were quite interested in a yacht like us coming into the port. The rest of the boats were a mixture of fishing boats and little dinghies with outboard motors so …
Aventura crewTop row: Nick, Nikki, Jimmy and Marianne, Bottom row: Nera, Doina, Emily and Jean-Luc I’m giving our esteemed captain Jimmy a rest from Log writing today so that I can introduce you …
Saphir, premier bateau arrivé à Cherbourg Saphir, Triton et Anne à Cherbourg Pot d’accueil Dégustation de vin La flotte de l’European Odyssey est enfin rassemblée à Port Chantereyne, au cœur de …
location: 68’42N 52’52W Jimmy explains the Arctic Circle to granddaughter Nera Yesterday we crossed the Arctic Circle, which is regarded by some as the symbolic gateway to the Northwest Passage. There is, in …
Nera crosses the Arctic circle I knew in the back of my mind that I would get seasick, but the reality is a lot less appetising than the thought. I threw up twice …
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