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December 11th, 2009
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It’s been a little over a month since we landed in Seattle and while things have slowed down for us considerably, we’re not without some great news. First, the crew:
Dominique is aboard Bagan, running the program from Seattle. Bagan came...
November 9th, 2009
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We saw Russia and the U.S. at the same time and came within 900 miles of the North Pole. We visited Greenland and Alaska in the same summer & on the same boat. We saw the water temp go from 70 degrees to 30.5 We dodged icebergs in two major...
October 30th, 2009
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Since we left Ketchikan we’ve been managing to keep one step, sometimes two steps ahead of some gale force and full gale force winds. Last night we found an, according to one cruising guide, anchorage that was safe from all winds, a “very...
October 30th, 2009
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Since we left Ketchikan we’ve been managing to keep one step, sometimes two steps ahead of some gale force and full gale force winds. Last night we found an, according to one cruising guide, anchorage that was safe from all winds, a “very...
September 18th, 2009
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Before we left Newport last June someone asked me if the thought of trying to transit the Northwest Passage worried me. My answer received no hesitation when I responded, “Yup, but not as much as the Bering Sea.” Throughout maritime history...
September 10th, 2009
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Seeing a weather window on the wind charts we took full advantage of it, left Barrow the afternoon of the 7th and started in on our current leg to Dutch Harbor, via Nome. We’re now in “Delivery Mode”; no sightseeing, no trips to shore to...
August 9th, 2009
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We’ve made our way a bit further south down Peel Sound and are tucked away in Young Bay, a protected anchorage a little less than halfway down the east side of Prince of Wales Island. We’re not going anywhere in a hurry as the ice south of us...
August 5th, 2009
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Bear Point
We left Beechy Island yesterday, but before we did we downloaded some ice charts for Resolute. Seems the pack ice has come in again so we need to wait for this to clear. The pump we had Niad ship for the hydraulics isn’t arriving (...
July 25th, 2009
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Seeing a nice wind window on the weather charts we left Sisimiut yesterday morning and immediately found that while the wind was as advertised (less than 12 kts from the north) the seas left over from an off-shore blow were lumpy and from most every...
