A maritime trajectory toward the limits accessible by sailboat — built day by day, between real weather, observed ice, and decisions taken alone.
Reaching Antarctica has become more visible than it was ten years ago. This project starts after that: in the progression, latitude after latitude, toward a south where charts stop being plans and become hypotheses.
A simple reading of the trajectory: how you move from a world “with ports” to a world “without a net”. Why the route is not a straight line. And why performance here means staying able to choose.
There is no guaranteed “track”. There is a sequence of windows, choices, and waits. A route drawn in real time: observed weather, seen ice, compared options — then decision.
At high latitude, speed is not the metric. The metric is not burning your options. Keep an exit. Keep a margin. Keep time. Be ready on the day the door opens — and able to step back when it closes.
The farther south you go, the more options disappear. Ports fall away. Windows narrow. Weather becomes dominant. And ice turns navigation into patient work.
Ushuaia is not a final destination. It’s the last place to wait for a window, adjust, and mentally shift into polar mode. South of it: no quick fixes.
The Drake is not a trophy. It’s a frontier. Sometimes open, sometimes locked. Crossing means choosing a window — and accepting that the sea dictates the rhythm.
Once ice is present, the sea changes nature. It slows. It forces observation. It forces timing. It turns every mile into a reversible decision.
Beyond a certain point, advancing one mile can take a day. Here, performance is not “pushing”. It is lasting: keeping the boat sound, the systems alive, and the sailor steady.
The South Pole gives structure to the trajectory. It gives meaning. But it is not sold as a finish line. This project is about approach: lucid, documented, and owned.
Not a declared endpoint. But a method: observe, decide, document. And go as far as conditions, the boat, and the sailor allow — without distorting field reality.
To understand the project as a whole, explore ARION, or consider a collaboration: the following pages provide the full context.