Cruise Svalbard Expedition 2018 - Sailing back to the North.

After leaving marina Albufeira in Portugal we will take a course to the North again. Along the way we will admire the picturesque cliffs of the Portuguese coast, the charming marinas of Basque, the ports of Brittany to Dublin where the first stage will end. Then taking a course to the Norwegian fjords, visiting Lofoten and Narvik will arrive in Tromso.

After Tromso, called by local patriots  Northern Paris, we prepare to cross the stormy Barents Sea to reach Hornsund, where the Polish Science Station  is located. During the short polar summer we plan to sail  around the archipelago, visit Polish polar stations including:

• Polish Hornsund Polar Station,

• Polar Station of Nicolaus Copernicus University

• UMCS Polar Station - Calypsobyen

• AMU Polar Station - Petuniabukta

On our way back we will visit Lofoten, Shetland Islands, West Scotland, Ireland , Biscay Bay  and finish our trip in the warm marina of Albuferia again. We will only be here for a few weeks to make the necessary yacht maintains.  Further plans include participation in the ARC racing and winter cruises on the Caribbean Islands. The expedition will take place on a superbly prepared yacht with all the necessary equipment for professional sailing in Arctic Waters according to British requirements.

Nashachata II is has spent the last years sailing in Svalbard (2012), Greenland (2013 and 2015) and in Antarctica 2016/2017 fully proved her great seaworthiness.

We invite on board all those interesting of seeing new lands and exploring sea.

In 2012 we have been sailing to the ice border reaching 81 30 ' North Latitude! Let's if we can go more to North!

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