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August 12th, 2009
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The noon ice chart showed us what we’d all been keeping our fingers crossed for; in the past 12 hours the lead we’d been keeping our eyes on had opened considerably and there was no denying it was time to go! We traveled south about fifty miles and...
August 10th, 2009
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Polar Bear footprint
Still in Young Bay, waiting for the ice to melt (grass to grow? paint to dry?). We downloaded ice charts last night as well as this morning and the difference we saw was quite remarkable; the central area of The Passage...
August 7th, 2009
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The plan was to get to Resolute, pick up our part sent by Niad, do some light provisioning and find the crew unrestricted internet access. Someone forgot to let Mother Nature in on our plan. We first encountered the ice sheets and fog about 2:...
August 4th, 2009
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August 1st, 2009
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First Polar Bear siting. Day one in Canada's Northwest Passage
During our first day traveling into The Passage we 1.) Were escorted by six Orca, 2.) Watched four polar bear on shore (maybe two cubs) and at 5:00 a.m. local have just dropped the hook...
