General Info

Temperatures below zero; wind like icy daggers; frozen whiteness extending out from a bleak, rocky shoreline—no sign of human presence anywhere. This is the cold reality that greets the six-member crew of Northanger upon their arrival in Antarctica February 2003—the end of the Earth.

Northanger, a 54 foot steel Damien II design ketch, was built expressly with the desire to access remote regions of the globe. Small, compact, self sufficient expeditions to high latitudes. On voyages to Norway, Alaska, Antarctica and through The Northwest Passage, Northanger successfully went to the limits and back.

From Ushuaia, Argentina, we sail down the Beagle Channel, past Cape Horn and cross the Drake Passage on our way to the Antarctic Peninsula. Our landfall in Antarctica is 5 miles off the eastern tip of Smith Island.

Greg Landreth and Keri Pashuk are a husband and wife team who met in the Antarctic in 1986 while crewing on different boats. They were married in 1990 in Canada and began purchasing Northanger with the idea of using her for sailing and climbing expeditions. Keri is Canadian, from Bracebridge, Ontario and Greg is a New Zealander from Ashburton, New Zealand. Keri and Greg take a special interest in high latitude sailing combined with expeditionary pursuits – climbing in particular. It is Keri and Greg’s daunting task to initiate their team members to ocean Antarctic crossings – and to keep Northanger’s systems operational throughout the deep freeze to follow.