by Robert Frolich “O let my keel burst! Let me go to the sea.” – Arthur Rimbaud The sea continued to run high, south/southwest, and with swift yawning, opened a vial of wrath that forced our ship the Clipper Adventurer to lurch heavily in the deep rollers of the Southern Ocean. By dinner, glimpses of … Continued
As Doug & Co. prepare to cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, those at home can get ready to follow the ship’s course online. The ship, the “Clipper Adventurer,” is outfitted with a GPS system that will track its progress throughout the course of the journey, and is denoted by the abbreviation “CPA” … Continued
The light is flat. High fast clouds scrub the blue out of the wide Patagonia sky. Keoki, Tim and I consider carving ego, swan-like turns down the lower coral-horned ridge of the big south-facing wall of terrain above the Glaciar Martial within the Provincia de Tierra del Fuego. Poles tapping their Braille dance, the breath … Continued
by Robert Frohlich The sun, pale and without rays, pounded down leaden heat in an indecisive light. It made me squirm as if I’d been prodded under the fifth rib. Hanging in Plaza de Dorrego, a spacious functioning outdoor market within the rakish barrio of San Telmo, I gathered why this section of the city … Continued
Final Audio Dispatch from Doug Stoup:
Dispatch from Doug Stoup
Audio Dispatch from Doug, April 18:
Audio Dispatch from Doug: Temperature: -40C Location: 90N
Audio Dispatch from Doug: Audio Dispatch from Jim: Audio Dispatch from Chris (and Jim again!):
Audio Dispatch from Doug Stoup: Envoi en Francais: Temperature: -26C, -36 with windchill Distance Travelled: 20 Nautical Miles
