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35422 – 14.12.2022 – a beautiful sunset

Today our dear floaties continued on their way to Suriname, being the 5th day crossing the Atlantic. Great winds and a beautiful climate let the floaties continue with their sail…

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35422 – 13.12.2022 – dolphins swimming with the ship

As we head out further into our Atlantic crossing, floaties have been fine-tuning their boson skills all day to be able to receive their Ordinary Seaman certification. Fixing lines up…

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35422 – 11.12.2022 – a beautiful sundown

On Saturday Dec. 10th, we celebrated our medical officer, Sabina’s, birthday.  The cooks kindly baked a cake that had the Alex 2 sketched with frosting sugar, all of which was…

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35422 – 11.12.2022 – Von Unten nach Oben, wird alles geboten

Liebe ALEX-Freunde,   sicherlich freut Ihr Euch wie ich über die neusten Berichte, Tratsch und Klatsch von der ALEX II. Daher nun mal wieder das Beste zwischen Maschine und Brücke.…

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35322 – 10.12.2022 – a group of students was scuba diving in the morning

Yesterday, for our last day on the land and the first day of sailing, some of us took the morning for some last-minute shopping before the big Atlantic crossing. Other…

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35322 – 09.12.2022 – Yesterday it was one of the best days yet

Yesterday a lot of people went snorkelling and scuba diving. We seen lots of different marine life like turtles, stingrays, pufferfish, starfish and lots of different fish. We had our…

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35322 – 08.12.2022 – A day on Ilha de Santo Antão

Today, many of the students participated in an exhilarating port program. After taking a ferry to the island of Santo Antão, we all piled into safari buses for a wonderful…

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35322 – 07.12.2022 – a bunch of us headed out to a beach and snorkelled with turtles!

Today we headed to the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo where we learned about the exploration of the ocean in Cabo Verde and got a tour of their facility. Afterwards we…

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35322 – 06.12.2022 – at the end of the night we had a talent show

Despite the name Cabo Verde, this place ain’t very green. However, the waters are very blue so who cares. We started the day by going off on shore leave. All…

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35322 – 05.12.2022 – we arrived in Cabo Verde

Yesterday, we arrived in Cabo Verde! We got to anchor in the harbour at 4pm, just in time for math class on top of the chart house while watching the…

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