Sailing to Antarctica. Stage 1: Buenos Aires - Rio Gallegos
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Start:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Finish:Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Sailing to Antarctica. Stage 1: Buenos Aires - Rio Gallegos
Two hundred years ago, an expedition to the Southern Ocean under the command of F. Bellingshausen and M. Lazarev started from Kronstadt. The purpose of the expedition is to prove or disprove the presence of the continent in the region of the south pole of the Earth. Bellingshausen led the sloop Vostok, and Lazarev led the sloop Mirny. The crew of both ships totaled 190 people. In January 1820, the expedition reached the shores, completely covered with a multimeter layer of ice. It was Antarctica!
We are on the verge of the 200th anniversary of one of the greatest geographical discoveries. And we are not going to celebrate this event while sitting on the couch and eating out the New Year Olivier. We will sail under the footsteps of Bellingshausen and Lazarev.
We offer to participate in the ANTARKTID2020 yacht project - a national patriotic project for the reconstruction of the great sailing of the discoverers of Antarctica, carried out at the expense of the participants, in which several sailing yachts take part. We provide a pre-Antarctic section of the Xanadu route - from Buenos Aires to the southernmost city of our planet Ushuaia.
Almost every one of you can take part in this campaign! But do not forget that this is not an ordinary sailing; it is an expedition with clearly defined goals, and our task is to maintain the schedule despite the weather and any adverse conditions and incidents.
The team will begin its first phase in more than one and a half thousand miles. So you have never met the New Year, and you are unlikely to ever meet! You will remember these New Year holidays forever.
Sailing to Antarctica. Stage 1: Buenos Aires - Rio Gallegos
December 23, 2019 — January 10, 2020from €1,900 / 19 days / 1pers.
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We begin our transition to the Antarctic from Buenos Aires - “Port of Our Lady of St. Mary of the Good Winds”. This is the historical name of Buenos Aires. This is one of the most beautiful cities in South America: the old Spanish quarters have survived and coexist quietly next to modern skyscrapers. The old part of the city resembles Paris, London and Madrid with its colonial architecture. The port city is almost populated by descendants of immigrants from different countries, and this largely determines its face.
The transition ends in Rio Gallegos, the administrative center of the Argentinean province of Santa Cruz, in Patagonia. The city is located at the mouth of the Gallegos River and bears her name. Rio Gallegos is one of the windiest cities on earth. Wind power can reach 100 km / h! Now Rio Gallegos is one of the most developed cities in Argentina. Tourists are interested in the city, first of all, because of their proximity to the Los Glaciaros National Natural Park, part of the Patagonian ice sheet.
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We will start in one of the largest cities in Argentina - Buenos Aires. We go to Rio Gallegos, at the mouth of the Gallegos River.
