Progress Report

This stop-frame video shows SA Agulhas arriving at Crown Bay yesterday (sorry for the delay, technical issues). See the ship sail up to the ice shelf and then retreat back to moor against a tabular ice berg. The ice shelf was too high to start unloading, so it was decided that she would be better off moored further out to sea than risk becoming trapped by pack ice. We are hoping that we will b…

(by Brian Newham) You might like the latest ice image – it’s changed quite a lot since we lasted posted in mid-Dec. Ice still extends about 150 miles off the coast but it looks quite broken and there appears to be an obvious breach in our area of interest – we are aiming to make landfall at approx S70 E023. Currently, we are still up at around S48 so we aren’t quite on this map yet but I’v…

All, You may be interested in the following link which shows the current sea ice conditions around the Antarctic continent. Unfortunately there has been a recent satellite failure which is preventing us getting the normally available high resolution pictures – so this is the best at the moment. http://www.polarview.aq/images/25_SSMIS/latest/antarctic.gif For those that are interested, it’s wort…

Thank you to all the people who made yesterday possible, and to everyone who has supported us so far. It’s been a long time coming, but the SA Agulhas’s departure down the Thames yesterday afternoon marked the beginning of an epic adventure, and is the first major milestone of many more to come. Thank you also for all of the wonderful messages of support and praise which you have showered our…

Dearr All, The SA Agulhas sailed from Cape Town today at 13.00hrs (UK time) – destination London. If you want to follow the ship’s progress, while in coastal waters you can visit the website: www.marinetraffic.com/ais. On the map the ship is coloured blue and is heading in a North Westerly direction from Cape Town. I should get regular reports from the Captain and I shall try to post her daily…