by KarukExplo | Jul 8, 2025 | Cape North - Cape Horn, Brittany-Patagonia 2024-2025, Karukinka Expeditions, Ocean sailing, Patagonia, Sport news
Logbook of our sailing journey in Argentine Tierra del Fuego, from Rio Grande to Ushuaia, via the Le Maire Strait, which separates the Mitre Peninsula and Isla de los Estados. #sailing in tierra del fuego A new morning dawns with magnificent sunshine! We leave Caleta...
by KarukExplo | Sep 22, 2024 | Non classé, Karukinka Expeditions, Patagonia, Peoples and communities, Polar and subpolar regions, Sciences news, Yagan Yaghan
Ethno-acoustician Lauriane Lemasson (Founder and project manager – Karukinka) is passionate about the relationships that peoples weave with their sonic environment. Her profession drives her, microphone in hand, to brave the harsh expanses of Patagonia. Her...
by KarukExplo | May 29, 2024 | Scotland 2024, Cape North - Cape Horn, Navigations 2024, Ocean sailing, Scotland and Ireland, Sport news
It is after a superb stopover made up of encounters as beautiful as the surrounding landscapes that we leave Loch Melfort to head towards the south of Mull Island. To do this, several options exist and we choose that of Cuan Sound, a (fairly) narrow channel separating...
by KarukExplo | May 20, 2024 | Scotland 2024, Navigations 2023, Navigations 2024
It was at the end of the day that we arrived quietly under sail at the eastern end of Loch Melfort, dropping anchor in a very sticky muddy bottom (for the chain and the bridge too, by the way…). As soon as we arrive, Damien receives a call from one of his friends and...
by KarukExplo | May 14, 2024 | Scotland 2024, Cape North - Cape Horn, Navigations 2024, Ocean sailing, Scotland and Ireland, Sport news
Sheltered in a loch on the west coast of Jura, we let the bad weather pass and took advantage of the stopover to hike on land, read and rest. The generally ocher vegetation at the end of winter is currently undergoing spring change and is gradually turning green. The...