In September 2009 "Stad Amsterdam" was refitted to accommodate a televised research expedition, tracing the second voyage of HMS "Beagle" (1831–1836). The ship re-sailed the route of the "Beagle" in approximately 8 months while collecting information to allow comparison between Charles Darwin's "Beagle" observations and the current ones. The show was aired by the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO as "" ("Beagle: In het kielzog van Darwin").