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Yesterday, we woke up, had a great breakfast, and got prepared to start the day. In the morning, the new floaties had sail training and the rest of us had cleaning up to do. After lunch, everyone loaded the ship and Seb and Lauren organised the orientation presentation with the…...

On January 7th, students wrote their pre-calculus, global history, and biology exams. In the evening, students began packing their seabags in preparation for the semester break. Students reported feelings of excitement to see their family and friends, and to rest up before starting their new courses. Time: 08:00 Date: Sunday…...

We are currently anchored off the coast of Barbados and in the past few days floaties have been studying and crushing their finals exams. For some lucky floaties, the exams are done, the packing has started and the vibes are good. Only four days left until our semester break let’s…...

Hello!! Yesterday afternoon marked the start of final exams. Students are studying really hard in the mess! Four more sunsets until the end of semester one and being on land again 🙂 see you soon mom and dad!! -Ellie   Sailing info: Time: 0800 UTC-4 Date: 06/01/2023 Latitude: 13 deg…...

Yesterday was the day before exams and tensions are rising. Everyone did their final study sessions and reviews as we prepare to anchor in Barbados today. As we approach Barbados, we also approach the end of the semester. Many watches had their final day watch of semester 1 yesterday. Watch…...

Sophia’s Daily Update   Yesterday marked one week until the semester break, which means two things. Excitement about the break and lots of nerves about exams coming up very soon.    The day started with classes like normal, although lots of classes have now become study periods or work periods. These study…...

Tagesbericht Heute eine kleine Geschichte aus der Maschine. Wir sind zwei Schwestern, die ihre Arbeit in aller Stille erledigen. Wir haben die Aufgabe, das Frischwasser von den Tanks in den Druckbehälter zu pumpen, damit überall wo benötigt Frischwasser zur Verfügung steht. Einmal am Tag kommt der Maschinist zu uns und…...

Hello to the outside world! Today the exam schedule got released. With that the anticipation of arriving in Barbados continues to rise. There are lots of mixed emotions. People are happy to be able to see their families but also sad because arriving means the departure of some of our…...

Happy New Year! We spent the last day of 2022 having a leisurely departure from Paramaribo, Suriname. Students spent the day studying for their upcoming exams and attending SOCO so that they could debrief about their wonderful trip to the jungle and into the city of Paramaribo. By the time evening approached we…...

On 31 December 2022, the Alexander von Humboldt 2 left Suriname and is now heading to Barbados. All of Class Afloat came together to finish provisioning. A special boat docked along side the ship, that had extra food for provisioning. We then set our sails and began our journey to…...