Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia »

Tim and Pauline Carr and Curlew, their 100-year-old, 28-foot wooden cutter, comprise the world's most celebrated blue-water sailing team. The Carrs have lived aboard Curlew—which has no engine, no radio transmitter, and no electrical system—for thirty years, crisscrossing the world's oceans. The couple has received the highest accolades for seamanship from cruising clubs the world over.

Tim and Pauline Carr and Curlew, their 100-year-old, 28-foot wooden cutter, comprise the world's most celebrated blue-water sailing team. The Carrs have lived aboard Curlew—which has no engine, no radio transmitter, and no electrical system—for thirty years, crisscrossing the world's oceans. The couple has received the highest accolades for seamanship from cruising clubs the world over.

An account of one couple's life on a remote island beyond the Polar Front, a tale to rival the exploits of the great nineteenth-century explorers.

Island Magazine - Tony Gibbs

Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Gerogia is a illustrated story of daily life at the edge of known world. Through the Carr's conversational text and dramatic color photographs, one experiences a sense of how stupendous an actual vist must be.