Braving the Northwest Passage Blog
July 18th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
Yesterday afternoon, at 3:30 p.m. local, we crossed the Arctic Circle and arrived here in Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Greenland two hours later, 20 minutes late for clearing in with Customs who won’t be open again until Monday… and one of us needs to...
July 15th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
Left Nuk this morning at 4:00 a.m. and will be dropping the hook in Sondre Stromfjord around 10:30 tonight. We’ll remain here for the next few days exploring this 100 mile long fjord and hopefully upload some pictures and/or video. In...
July 14th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
First, let me say that St. Anthony’s, Newfoundland was as truly a welcoming harbor of refuge as we could have hoped for. Thank you to all who helped us enjoy our stay and get squared away. Having said that, waiting eight days for weather...
July 12th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
Powering slowly through pack-ice. Watching four polar bears all break through ice & surface together in tight circle. Amazing, they’re performing a synchronized water ballet complete with pink nose clips – stubby little rear legs aren’t going to...
July 10th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
For the past week we’ve been hunkered down in a small northern cove of St. Anthony’s, Newfoundland. As mentioned before it was a small but persistent low pressure system which, having parked itself a few hundred miles away to the east in...
July 9th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
Watch this space. (Rumor has it, after a week in St. Anthony’s Newfoundland, we just might have a weather window opening up)!
July 6th, 2009
| by: Sprague >>
There’s an expression which I always try to remember but in actuality seldom do; “It is what it is.” Coincidentally that expression is on the front of Clinton’s MacBook. We’re still in St. Anthony’s, pinned down by an extremely persistent and...
