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30.06.2022 - Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter June 2022
The Vinson of Antarctica is now in Cape Town, see above, on what will be her routine annual service, off season from the Southern Ocean theatre. She leaves for the Falklands on August 1st..... See more >> |
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17.03.2022 PRESS RELEASE - Second Pelagic 77 to be built by KM Yachtbuilders.
It is announced today that a sister ship for Vinson of Antarctica, the first Pelagic 77, (above) will be built by KM Yachtbuilders. See more >> |
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019.12.2021 Christmas 2021 Update from Pelagic Expeditions.
‘Merry’ might be stretching the use of the word for this Christmas . . . . here we go again!
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08.10.2021 Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter October 2021 Plans for Future Expeditions - Vinson of Antarctica sails South after warranty work at KM Shipbuilders - Report on Vinson of Antarctica maiden expedition to Svalbard
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19.05.2021 Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter - Pelagic Australis is sold to Greenpeace
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27.03.2021 Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter
Gough Island trip slide show - Podcasts and webinars of interest - Arctic season cancelled More>> |
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29.01.2021 Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter
Update on Gough Island trip - Pelagic 77 launch announcement - podcasts and webinars of interest - News from Kirsten Neuschaffer's Golden Globe Race entry. More>> |
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26.10.2020 - Pelagic Expeditions Newsletter November 2020 - Covid Update - Pelagic Australis to Marion Island - Penguins and more about Penguins -
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21.04.2020 - News Update - Covid 19 Implications - Follow Skip on various Webinars
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03.03.2020 - News Update - Pelagic Australis on final antarctic expedition of the season - International Science Expedition to South Sandwich Islands completed - Falklands Photo Safari YW Article - Pelagic prepares to go North - Carpe Diem opportunities - Still some places on Pelagic Syllabus Yachtmaster Ocean training delivery Apr/May 2020. More>> |
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30.11.2019 - News Update - Pelagic winters in Maine - Falklands Photo Safari complete - Australis to Antarctica - Skip on science research trip New Year - Still some places on Pelagic Syllabus Yachtmaster Ocean training delivery Apr/May 2020
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17.07.2019 - News Update - Pelagic Syllabus delivery completes journey using only celestial navigation for Falklands to Cape Town trip - Both boats in refit ready for coming season - Skip guides SY Aquijo in Tierra del Fuego - Opportunities for 2019/2020.
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02.05.2019 - News Update - Antarctic Season Wrap Up - Original Pelagic Goes North for Greenland Charters - Opportunities for 2020/21 More>> |
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15.11.2018 - News Update - Season underway with 2 South Georgia Trips - Pelagic Goes to Bird Island with BBC and then North for 2019 - Whats on offer in 2018/19 More>> |
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10.06.2018 - News Update - Pelagic Australis arrives Cape Town for Refit - Delivery Trip Report and revised Pelagic syllabus - Whats on offer in 2018/19
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11.02.2018 - News Update - Ski Randonnee Antarctica - Superyachts in Antarctica - 14 day Falklands at half price starting 24 Mar 2018 - One place left for Falklands to Cape Town trip - Original Pelagic just keeps going after 28 years - Whats on offer in 2018/19 More>> |
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16.12.2017 - News Update - Season in Full Swing - Ice Coring S. Georgia - Volvo Legends Cape Town - Remaining opportunities for 2017/18 - Whats on offer in 2018/19 Start of the 2017/18 season now in full swing. Pelagic Australis is now in South Georgia...... More>> |
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14.09.2017 - 2017/18 Season Opens - News and Opportunities
Start of the 2017/18 season now in full swing. Pelagic Australis is now in South Georgia...... More>> |
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07.07.2017 - New Pelagic Syllabus for Falklands to Cape Town Delivery - Skipper and Crew News - Opportunities for 2017/18 Season
Pelagic Australis is now in full refit mode in Cape Town under the direction Alec and Giselle Hazell...... More>> |
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07.06.2017 - End of Season Falklands Trip Report - Opportunities for 2017/18 Season
In response to the ban on foreign flagged charter vessels in the Beagle Channel our first Falkland Islands cruise in April was a welcome success. This two week cruise was a recce which combined a scuba diving operation for underwater photography/filming and also a general wildlife cruise. More>> |
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03.04.2017 - End of 2016/17 season round up
The Antarctic season has come to a close. Pelagic Australis and crew are currently on a two week Falkland Islands tour with clients and divers, part reconnaissance for next season. Pelagic has been put to bed in Stanley for the winter. More>> |
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19.12.2016 - Seasons Greetings! - Christmas 2016 Update Season’s greetings everyone! We are in full swing down south, as usual. Skipper Dave Roberts and crew on Pelagic Australis are on their way back from the December Antarctic cruise, the first of three. More>> |
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24.10.2016 - Urgent News - Restrictions on Charters in Chilean Waters - Falklands Alternative Proposed - Revised Arrangements for RYA Trip
Pelagic Expeditions along with all foreign flagged charter vessels have had to cancel all of our classic two week cruises in the Beagle Channel and to Cape Horn for the foreseeable future. More>> |
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19.10.2016 - Five week South Georgia expedition complete with 2 major unclimbed summits achieved
Pelagic Australis has just finished her five week South Georgia Expedition. Six of us completed a 65 kilometer 16 day ski traverse from the extreme southwest corner of the island at Trollhull to St Andrews Bay on the north coast. More>> |
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01.07.2016 - RYA training trip arrives Cape Town for PA Annual Refit - Ullman Sails "Good as New" after Antarctic Season Pelagic Australis arrived in Cape Town on June 17th with seven RYA delivery students having passed the Offshore Shorebased Course in Puerto Williams at the beginning of the passage. More> |
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14.03.2016 - Antarctic Season Round Up - Skip awarded Tilman Medal - 2016/17 Season Trip Availability Pelagic Australis has finished her Antarctic season including another ski ascent of Mt Francais led by Stephen Venables in January, and then our “Ice with Everything Cruise†in February on the Peninsula. More> |
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07.03.2016 - EYOS Expeditions Ltd and Skip Novak Join Forces - Skip to provide his super yacht consultancy to EYOS clients as EYOS Director of Sailing Operations Effective immediately, Skip will provide his superyacht consultancy services as EYOS’ Director of Sailing Operations More> |
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25.01.2016 - Mid Season News Letter We are in mid season. Skipper Dave Roberts and crew Tomas Geipel and Lizzy Fitzsimmons are just finishing their first of two Antarctic Peninsula cruises with a team of climbers led by Stephen Venables....... More> |
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05.11.2015 - Westwind Ice Coring Expedition to South Georgia
This October the team from the Climate Change Institute from the University of Maine returned to the island for their second reconnaissance expedition. In 2012 working from Pelagic Australis they were thwarted by tough conditions, but managed to get ice cores from the Szielasko Glacier on the Barff Peninsula in addition to old ice samples from the lower reaches of the Nordenskjold Glacier ..... More> |
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09.09.2015 - Pre 2015/16 Season Newsletter and Refit News Pelagic Australis is in mid South Atlantic on her way to Stanley after her annual refit in Cape Town. Under the direction of Chris Harris, assisted by Alec and Giselle Hazel, ..... More>> |
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15.07.2015 - End of Season Newsletter
In May Dave Roberts and friends put Pelagic to bed for the winter in Stanley. Dave steps up to take over Pelagic Australis in September with Thomas Geipel as mate and Lizzy Fitzsimmons as crew..... More>> |
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30.03.2015 - March 2015 Newsletter
Pelagic Australis has finished her Antarctic season and skipper Magnus Day, mate Rupert Dixon and crew Amelia Watson are in Tierra del Fuego mode until the vessel leaves for her end of season delivery back to Cape Town in June. ... More>> |
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16.12.2014 - December 2014 Newsletter
Pelagic with skipper Dave Roberts and mate Joanna Breen has arrived in the Beagle Channel after a quick passage from Cape Town via Stanley, in time for her Christmas charter in Tierra del Fuego. For the past five months she has undergone an extensive refit managed by Alec and Giselle Hazel ... More>> |
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01.10.2014 - Winter Expedition to South Georgia
Our experiment in a winter expedition to South Georgia was a resounding
success, but as usual with all things in a real adventure, uncertainties
were part of the mix. The winter weather was ferocious up front, thwarting
our original mountaineering plans at the south end of the island, but our
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14.07.2014 - Special offer to join the Westwind
Project in October 2015
This is a special offer from Pelagic Expeditions. Not in any way less
expensive as ‘special offers,’ usually are; in fact it is more expensive.
Based on Pelagic Australis, it is a once off opportunity to combine your
quest for a real adventure with a contribution to scientific fieldwork, from
sea level to high altitudes, in one of the most spectacular island
wilderness areas left on earth.
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27.06.2014 - Newsletter June 2014
End of 2013/14 season wrap up - Pelagic Australis in Rio - Pelagic refits in
Cape Town - Skip wins Geoff Pack Award - More from Skip on Lord Nelson in
Antarctica. THE 2013/2014 Pelagic season has come to a close on both
sides of the South Atlantic. Pelagic made the barn first, arriving into Cape
Town on May 20th direct from Stanley.
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24.03.2014 - March Newsletter and Square Rigger
in Anarctica
The Jubilee Sailing Trusts 55 meter sail training barque Lord Nelson
arrived safely back in Ushuaia on March 11th after her historic 25 day
expedition cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula.
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09.02.2014 - Skip's Working Family Holiday -
Living the dream
Read Skip's "reluctant blog" about his family Christmas with Gentoo penguins
and complicated travel arrangements to get everyone to Antarctica by
Christmas Eve.
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29.11.2013 - Report on The Shackleton Traverse
From Pelagic Australis October 2013
Read the full illustrated story of a Shackleton traverse that didn't go to
plan and an account of the first trip pf the 2013/14 season.
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