„Journey’s end" is the motto in Flensburg's historic harbor on August 31.
After 2500 nautical miles, the Dagmar Aaen docks after 67 days. This marks the end of the OCEAN CHANGE Expedi...
Across the North Sea
The sea lock in Inverness opens, and the Dagmar Aaen enters the familiar salt water of the North Sea again.
Since the weather forecast promises favorable winds for us, we take advantage ...
Over Neptune's staircase and through Caledonia
Shortly after passing Fort William, the clouds reveal the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland's highest mountain.
However, it is still a little further to our destination, the port of Corpach....
Lonely bays and ruins of monasteries
At half past eleven at night the chain rattles and the anchor drops off the Isle of Gigha. A rough trip from Tarbert around the Mull of Kintyre lies behind us.
Here in the shelter of the...
Ocean observations with the oceanographic depth probe
In this logbook entry, we want to take a closer look at the oceanographic depth sounder that has already been mentioned several times. It is the most important tool in measuring oceanogra...
Dagmar Aaen in the service of marine geochemistry - a complex field
In carrying out the Ocean Change Expedition, scientific knowledge is required in addition to nautical and shipboard skills. In this blog, we need to delve a little deeper into the world o...
The Hebrides coasts
Although we don't encounter legendary whirlpools like the Corryvreckan every day, the different currents between the Hebrides play an important role in planning the daily stages.
Ofte...
The Corryvreckan-whirlpool
Our journey from Oban to Port Ellen takes us past the islands of Scarba and Jura, which lie to the northeast of our fairway.
As we pass them before entering Jura Sound, we can clearly...
Islay
Today we anchor off the whiskey island of Islay.
Ann-Ca and Alex are the bravest among us. The anchor is hardly in the bottom, the two jump at 14 ° water temperature courageously over...
Tobermory – Port Ellen
One can hardly wish for a more varied area than the Hebrides.
The tidal difference between low and high tide is sometimes over 5 meters, resulting in enormous current eddies such as t...
Into the Atlantic Ocean to Rona Island
It goes out into the Atlantic to an uninhabited island of the Outer Hebrides - North Rona.
The extremely remote island was inhabited at times even by about 30 people. The remains of t...
Orkney
From Stromness, the crew cycles to the Stone Age settlement of Skara Brae.
The incredibly well preserved excavation site on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, dates back to about 3000...
Pentland Firth – Stromness
The Pentland Firth is a strait, a sound, which separates mainland Scotland from the Orkney Islands. Violent tidal currents push through the Sound, depending on the tide, which can reach u...
Wick
On the way to Peterhead, we had noticed numerous dead seabirds at sea. The number was in the higher double digits on our course alone. And also on the way to the port Wick as well as on l...
Peterhead passage
The North Sea shows its uncomfortable side. Wind force 6 to 7 exactly from the northwest, exactly against. The Dagmar Aaen is in her element, she was built for the North Sea 92 years ago....
From Strandby to Egersund
From Strandby we go directly through the Skagerak towards Egersund in Norway. The weather has become changeable.
At night the wind freshens up, so we make good speed under sail. In th...
We meet the "Anna Bang
Shortly before the North Jutland port of Aalbaek we meet at sea with the cutter "Anna Bang".
It belongs to our Danish friend Claus. The "Anna Bang" was built in the same year as the D...
Tropical nights
It is these days and nights that burn themselves into memory: At the changing of the watch at midnight, an orange streak of light still shines in the northern night sky.
The sun almos...
waiting in the harbor of Nexø
The last days were quite stormy, so we had to wait in the harbor of Nexø on Bornholm. Today we left for Christiansø - beautiful islands east of Bornholm - to launch the two Argo Floats fr...
Visit to the Institut für Ostseeforschung IOW ("Institute for Baltic Sea Research") in Warnemünde
The Federal Minister for the Environment, Steffi Lemke, as well as the Minister for Science of Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Bettina Martin, came on board the Dagmar Aaen yesterday and let us e...
Expedition start Ocean Change 2023
Anticipation and excitement are in the air as Arved Fuchs and the crew of the Dagmar Aaen cast off the lines in Flensburg at 11:00 am. The Ocean Change 2023 expedition has officially begu...
