The Arctic
September 27th, 2009
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We’re sitting nicely to our anchor in Garden Cove on Hinchinbrook Island surround by mountains deep in pines with small pockets of snow. After spending a few months above the Artic Circle, trees are one thing I’ll never take for granted again...
August 25th, 2009
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I write this from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. We dropped the hook here Sunday, almost immediately took on 1800 gallons of diesel and replenished some of our food stock. We also took to the land like six crazed people. While our...
August 12th, 2009
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Weather Chart
The accompanying picture is the a representation of the subject of all our attention; an ice chart from The Canadian Ice Service. We download these charts once a day and try to get a picture of the speed and direction of the ice...
July 18th, 2009
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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 14th, 2009
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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 3rd, 2009
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July 3
Currently we sit in St. Anthony’s waiting for a weather window that will allow us to cross the 900 miles to Greenland. The three components we’re watching are fog, ice and wind, all to be found on weather charts that we can download...
June 21st, 2009
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Halifax
Still in Halifax and most probably will be here for the next few days. We’ve been watching a system develop off-shore and last night it came ashore as a pretty fair n’or easter; driving rain, gusts 35 – 40 kts and all in all a good...
June 9th, 2009
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This article (National Geographic May 2009) sums up the impetus for Sprague’s documentary – What’s at stake in the Arctic today, and who is in pursuit of its treasure.
Arctic LandgrabBy McKenzie Funk / Photograph by Björn ErikssonAs rising...
