Tiama sailed from Australia to participate in a peace flotilla against plutonium fuel shipments through the Pacific. Tiama was one of 8 sailing boats from New Zealand and Australia sailing out into the mid Tasman in February 2001 to form a symbolic chain of protest and to promote a nuclear free Tasman. This was followed by a months tour to key southern ports of Australia for Greenpeace.
Tiama spent the northern summer slowly making her way south. First through the Standing Mast Route on the inland water ways of the Netherlands, then down the southern coast of England, crossing the Bay of Biscay to spend most of the winter months on the east coast of Spain and Portugal.
We have been steadily working our trade as a logistical support vessel for science, film and tourist trips into the Southern ocean these last few years, for the record over the last 16 years we have done more then 170 Round trips to the Sub Antarctic islands and the Antarctic, the duration of each…
We have had the busiest Souther summer season to date, working with 2 BBC film crews in the sub-Antarctic to film the mating ritual of the Bullers Albatross when the couple first meet after not seeing each other for a year at sea plus the extreme sight and noise of thousands of small Sooty Sheer…
Tiama spent 4 months working for the New Zealand department of Conservation carrying out a variety of tasks in support of their conservation and research programs, including being the main support vessel for an unprecedented 2 week long research dive operation in the Auckland islands.
The Big Voyage to the Arctic. A fantastic 12000 miles voyage – half way around the world – from Auckland to Amsterdam via the North West Passage (see video below), carried out over 5 months from 14th May to 10th October 2017. Bringing Tiama to the Northern Hemisphere to start working in Arctic waters. Tiama…
Tiama has had another busy summer working in the Sub Antarctic islands. Twelve separate expeditions over a seven month period.