There are three rules to remember when sailing the Southern Ocean,” said Brandon Kleyn, expedition leader on the Diana, as we prepared to depart Cape Town on the most unusual route heading to Antarctica this season.
“Rule one. Be flexible. Two, show flexibility. Three, remember rule one,” he said prophetically, as a sudden sea storm delayed the departure of our 20-day voyage – one that would ultimately fail to reach Antarctica at all and make global headlines.
