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Sailing Expeditions

Set sail for the unknown

Experience the thrill of sailing alongside seasoned captains and crew, and uncover the secrets of the world’s most awe-inspiring oceans and coastlines. Explore our collection of travel stories featuring epic sailing expeditions aboard tall ships and modern vessels to the world’s most remote and breathtaking destinations. From the majestic fjords of Greenland to the icy landscapes of Antarctica and the South Pole, join us on unforgettable voyages of discovery.

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An Arctic Sailing Expedition aboard SV Tilvera in Scoresbysund, East Greenland

Greenland Sailing Expedition

Adventure in the Scoresby Sund with Tilvera

WideOyster photographer Frits Meyst boards the Icelandic sailing ship Tilvera. Together with ten other adventurers, he braves katabatic winds, biting frost, crashing glaciers and thickening pack ice to penetrate deep..
Sailing the Beagle Channel of Chile with Serendipia

Sailing with Serendipia

In the wake of Darwin's Beagle

Attractively rugged. That’s what you could call the waters of the Beagle Channel. Marco Barneveld and Frits Meyst went sailing on SY Serendipia from Puerto Williams on Isla Navarino in..
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The Water of Life

Sail to the whisky on the Hebrides

Sail around the rugged Scottish Isles and the mysterious coast of Northern Ireland and combine it with a discovery tour of the secrets of the Irish and Scottish whiskies. Barkentine..
Zeilen voor behoud met Ocean Missions IJsland, aan boord van Schooner Opal

Ocean Missions Iceland

Sailing in the Service of Science

WideOyster photographer Frits Meyst joins a group of international scientists in the waters around Iceland, with the aim of jointly mapping the environment. The results are shocking. Will you go..
Adventurous explorations on Tierra del Fuego in Argentina

Land of Fire

Adventure at the End of the World

So here we are. Submerged and happily sliding into a spectacular and fascinating geography of mountains, fjords, glaciers, forests and lakes. Into the land of Shelkmans and Yámanas. Of sailors,..
Sailing to Antarctica on Tallship Bark Europa

Sailing towards the South Pole

In the wake of the explorers

Early in the seventeenth century, a Dutchman was the first man ever to get sight of Antarctica. WideOyster retraced the journey and sailed during three weeks with the three-mast bark..
Protecting the last Sumatran Tigers of Rimbang Baling, Sumatra, Indonesia

Sumatra, Indonesia

Searching for the last wild tigers

Crawling through the mud, showering under waterfalls and an impossible battle against an army of bloodsuckers. We ventured into the lowland rainforest of Sumatra, during an expedition to protect the..
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