"One time in Antarctica, we were driving into the ice cliff and I looked over the side. Instantly, I could see the water freezing – ‘pancaking’ they call it – so I turned to the other pilot and said, ‘I think it’s time to go’”
The Antarctic is a magnificent yet treacherous place – and the farther south you sail, the greater the challenge. This is something that the crew of Arctic P discovered when they broke the Guinness World Record in 2014. for the furthest south any vessel has ever traveled – 677 nautical miles from the South Pole.
is a true one-off, as evidenced in another memorable journey, to Icy Bay in Alaska. “That trip was something else,” says Captain Russell Pugh, who led the mission. “It was incredible. Because of ice capacity, we were able to get into a bay, which even the pilot said he’d never taken a vessel into before – they usually anchor outside and tender in. Because we can anchor in very deep water, we were able to anchor overnight in the bay itself – it was amazing to have these giant icebergs moving around
