Antarctica Sail Expedition http://www.antarctica-sail.com/ 2006-09-05T00:00:00Z The Euronav Belgica and her sailors are now safely back in the harbor of Ushuaia... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/174 2008-02-05 00:00:00 It is a quiet day... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/173 2008-01-31 00:00:00 After one month of Antarctic journeying...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/172 2008-01-30 00:00:00 Sea ice is formed when ocean water freezes... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/171 2008-01-27 00:00:00 One month is in the wake of the Euronav Belgica for this Antarctic leg... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/169 2008-01-27 00:00:00 As the Antarctic part of the expedition is slowly coming to an end... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/168 2008-01-25 00:00:00 The Euronav Beligica has now turned North to make its way to Louise Island... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/167 2008-01-24 00:00:00 Today was another very exciting day for the expedition team... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/166 2008-01-23 00:00:00 Today the Euronav Belgica entered another epic episode in an already amazing journey.... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/165 2008-01-22 00:00:00 Today our southbound journey came to an abrupt halt... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/164 2008-01-21 00:00:00 Like all grand expeditions - and most things in life - time spent on board the Euronav Belgica is a delicate balance of tradeoffs... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/163 2008-01-20 00:00:00 Skipper Michel Tordoir accepts the challenge to sail the Euronav Belgica back into open sea, with only one desired direction: south... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/162 2008-01-19 00:00:00 It takes a young man in his early twenties to remind the rest of us about the quantitative limitations measured in minutes...  http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/161 2008-01-18 00:00:00 Expedition Coordinator Pieterjan Kempynck shares the longevity of our current expedition.... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/160 2008-01-17 00:00:00 “It is with great pleasure that I can announce that late last night we executed our 20th commemorative landing of the original Belgica Expedition 110 years ago...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/159 2008-01-16 00:00:00 First Mate Rumen Grozev discovers life in Antarctica after all...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/158 2008-01-15 00:00:00 Photographer Laurent Dick shares observations which inevitably arise due to the time and space of an Antarctic expedition...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/157 2008-01-13 00:00:00 Last night was spent in Paradise Harbour in a fantastic little alcove with not a breath of wind... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/156 2008-01-12 00:00:00 Very few people exhibit the passionate devotion toward the nautical life as Michel Tordoir... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/155 2008-01-11 00:00:00 Frans Doomen, our second mate and Belgian naval academy cadet, describes below his further adventures in the Antarctic Paradise... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/154 2008-01-10 00:00:00 Expedition coordinator and team member Pieterjan Kempynck makes the attempt to put into words his experiences of the day... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/153 2008-01-09 00:00:00 Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." Robert Frost ... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/152 2008-01-08 00:00:00 We are fortunate to have among our crew a sincerely enthusiastic cadet from the Bulgarian Naval School... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/151 2008-01-07 00:00:00 Today we entered another world... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/150 2008-01-06 00:00:00 "I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea." (Captain James Cook)...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/149 2008-01-05 00:00:00 Expedition member Troy Henkels shares – not his first – and hopefully not his last - Antarctic birthday... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/148 2008-01-04 00:00:00 If the photos accompanying our update from January 3rd... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/147 2008-01-03 00:00:00 Our expedition update for 2 January 2008 was sent by Expedition Coordinator Pieterjan Kempynck...    http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/146 2008-01-02 00:00:00 Sea ice is formed when ocean water freezes... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/170 2008-01-01 00:00:00 It was quite a successful day... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/145 2008-01-01 00:00:00 "We are in Antarctica!" http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/144 2007-12-31 00:00:00 The sailors on board of the Euronav Belgica checked... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/143 2007-12-30 00:00:00 The weekend began with an unexpected equipment situation... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/142 2007-12-29 00:00:00 The sound “boom” jolted the team members of the Euronav Belgica... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/141 2007-12-28 00:00:00 Dixie and his crew have rounded Cape Horn...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/140 2007-12-28 00:00:00 Skipper Michel Tordoir sent the following message today... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/139 2007-12-27 00:00:00 The crew on board the Euronav Belgica sailed out of Puerto Williams... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/138 2007-12-26 00:00:00 Dixie called yesterday http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/137 2007-12-24 00:00:00 It is difficult to express the exact sentiments...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/136 2007-12-24 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica has reached Ushuaia... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/135 2007-12-21 00:00:00 Tom Elegeert, one of our trusted meteorologists from Belgium... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/134 2007-12-19 00:00:00 We are thrilled to report that... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/133 2007-12-18 00:00:00 “67 days, 9 hours, and 45 minutes since departure from Camaret, France...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/131 2007-12-17 00:00:00 “Today, the 16th of December 2007 at 13.05 hours LT we saw land again... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/132 2007-12-16 00:00:00 Skipper Michel Tordoir and his crew have spent the weekend gearing up... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/130 2007-12-16 00:00:00 The weekend began with a long-awaited test of the wind... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/129 2007-12-15 00:00:00 Santa Claus arrived early for Dixie and his team mates... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/128 2007-12-14 00:00:00 The “Roaring Forties” is a place where you can feel the seemingly infinite power of the sea... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/127 2007-12-12 00:00:00 It has been more than two months since we left Belgium for Ushuaia... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/126 2007-12-12 00:00:00 Sewing and shopping.... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/125 2007-12-11 00:00:00 Our time in Ushuaia was spent in several grocery stores today... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/124 2007-12-11 00:00:00   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/123 2007-12-09 00:00:00 It was a week of transition for all members of the In the Wake of the Belgica team...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/122 2007-12-07 00:00:00 We have been fighting against a southerly wind... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/120 2007-11-28 00:00:00 Today I would like the language of the birds to speak for me... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/121 2007-11-27 00:00:00 The average person may find it odd... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/119 2007-11-27 00:00:00 My day on board the Euronav Belgica begins at 03:30... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/118 2007-11-24 00:00:00 After having spent more than 40 days at sea... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/117 2007-11-24 00:00:00 Nothing special on Friday... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/115 2007-11-23 00:00:00 Yesterday we had four whales drop by...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/114 2007-11-22 00:00:00 There she blows!--there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! … http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/113 2007-11-21 00:00:00 The carrot has been dangled... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/112 2007-11-20 00:00:00 We are slowly arriving at the Tropic of Capricorn... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/111 2007-11-19 00:00:00 We spent today scaling the seamounts... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/110 2007-11-18 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica is already around 15 ° S by now... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/107 2007-11-18 00:00:00 Our quiet morning was followed by a showery afternoon... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/109 2007-11-17 00:00:00 A beautiful quiet day... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/108 2007-11-16 00:00:00 “That Boy May Come Back For His Shadow!” (Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan by Sir James M. Barrie)... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/106 2007-11-15 00:00:00 Decreasing... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/105 2007-11-14 00:00:00 This morning the heavens above filled with clouds... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/104 2007-11-14 00:00:00 Here we are, back on our internet connection... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/103 2007-11-13 00:00:00 With the wind ahead of us now...  http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/101 2007-11-07 00:00:00 The south-easterly trade winds blow at 5... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/100 2007-11-06 00:00:00 When we originally arrived in the doldrums... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/99 2007-11-05 00:00:00 I remember when we arrive in the doldrums... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/102 2007-11-04 00:00:00 We continue to endure our own private hell... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/98 2007-11-03 00:00:00 Today we entered the doldrums... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/97 2007-11-02 00:00:00 It’s becoming increasingly hot in the neighborhood... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/96 2007-11-02 00:00:00 On our way between the tropics...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/95 2007-11-01 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica is currently South of Cape Verde... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/94 2007-10-31 00:00:00 Perfect and windy...    http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/93 2007-10-30 00:00:00 Last time I told you about the flying... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/92 2007-10-29 00:00:00 We have arrived in a sea full with flying fish... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/91 2007-10-27 00:00:00 Today we crossed the Tropic of Cancer... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/88 2007-10-26 00:00:00 The wind is back and the Euronav Belgica glides on track...    http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/86 2007-10-26 00:00:00 Tom Elegeert from our meteorology team comments...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/85 2007-10-25 00:00:00 It started at midnight...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/84 2007-10-24 00:00:00 In a world where we expect and seemingly rely upon external events... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/83 2007-10-23 00:00:00 Well, I am forced to amend what I've said a few days ago... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/82 2007-10-21 00:00:00 Each morning, First Mate Rumen finishes his watch duties...  http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/81 2007-10-20 00:00:00 Now we start to know the Euronav Belgica... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/80 2007-10-19 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica is progressing well... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/79 2007-10-19 00:00:00 After rounding Cap Finisterre and crossing a cold front...  http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/78 2007-10-17 00:00:00 MacGyver is a different kind of hero... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/77 2007-10-15 00:00:00 Today the team crossed a front... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/76 2007-10-12 00:00:00 It was with great pleasure that Michel, Rumen, Frans and I finally set off on the Euronav Belgica from Nieuwpoort... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/75 2007-10-11 00:00:00 The first days of the journey of the Euronav-Belgica...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/74 2007-10-08 00:00:00 “We have lift off!”...   http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/73 2007-10-06 00:00:00 http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/72 2007-09-24 00:00:00 The team is working full time... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/71 2007-09-21 00:00:00 After a tremendous send off from Nieuwpoort this weekend, the Euronav Belgica returned to port today... http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/70 2007-09-18 00:00:00 Finally, after a long period of preparation, the highly anticipated moment has arrived...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/69 2007-09-16 00:00:00 On their way to Nieuwpoort...     http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/67 2007-09-15 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica is now in Antwerp http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/66 2007-09-13 00:00:00 The Euronav Belgica arrived in Nieuwpoort. http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/65 2007-07-29 00:00:00 http://www.inthewakeofthebelgica.com/index/news/readmore/116