Just another day in Cambridge Bay
Having finally caught up with our spares, we spent the last two days stripping and rebuilding our steering mechanism. All looks good so...
Timing is Everything
We have seen first hand how quickly things change up here. Winds and current affect the ice in ways that cannot be imagined. We timed our...
Cambridge Bay
What started out as a morning motoring in flat calm and fog turned into a beautiful day with great close reach sailing in 15kts as we...
Gjoa Haven
Yesterday was a beautiful, calm day as we made our way through Ross Strait to Gjoa Haven, a memorable sunset showing various shades of...
Ice in the Dark
The late melt of the sea ice this year has meant that the dark nights are upon us and we have had no option but to continue to move in...
And people thought we were mad!
As we approached Gjoa Haven in the fading sunlight we saw a strange sight ahead, as we approached it became clear that it was the French...
Bellot Strait
With the ice charts showing only a slight improvement but the wind continuing to blow in our favour, yesterday, Terje and I took another...
Patience is a Virtue?
We continue to have strong winds on both sides of the Bellot Strait and although we would prefer more east and less north these 25kt...
A Change in the Weather?
As we were no longer in Fort Ross when he passed by, the Captain of the Bremen launched one of his ribs and left two small rucksacks in...
Not good news
As promised the Captain of the Bremen called us on VHF as they came back through Bellot and told us that conditions in the Strait and...
