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…
Liebe ALEX-Freunde, sicherlich freut Ihr Euch wie ich ĂŒber die neusten Berichte, Tratsch und Klatsch von der ALEX II. Daher nun mal wieder das Beste zwischen Maschine und BrĂŒcke.…
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…
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…
Today, many of the students participated in an exhilarating port program. After taking a ferry to the island of Santo AntĂŁo, we all piled into safari buses for a wonderful…
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…
Despite the name Cabo Verde, this place ainât very green. However, the waters are very blue so who cares. We started the day by going off on shore leave. All…
A busy day on board the Alex II as we begin preparations for our final port before the Atlantic Crossing. The day started with a rather shambolic colours meeting, with…
Yesterday was marked by the tragic disappearance of Kraig, our resident elf. We had welcomed him onboard on the occasion of Saint Nicholas Day but, three days before the festivities,…
