by Gill Johnson | Sep 3, 2016 | Polar Ocean Challenge News |
Tuktoyoktuk, Canada, Friday evening 2 September day 46 since Murmansk, N69.41 132.98 Today we slowly made our way to Tuk. Weather was kind to us everyone excited as we got closer. We had to get in before our fuel man went hunting, so regular calls to say we were on...
by Gill Johnson | Aug 28, 2016 | Polar Ocean Challenge News |
It’s been a mixed few days on board Northabout. The crew had not long completed the notorious Northeast Passage and celebrated passing 180 degrees (meaning they were over half way), when they hit more bad weather – another near gale at force 5-6.Ros...
by Gill Johnson | Aug 22, 2016 | Polar Ocean Challenge News |
Wind against us, so choppy seas. We also got the latest sat photo this morning and having to go further south even more to avoid the ice. BUT slowly going East. Ice tomorrow I think. The Irish in 2004 had a torrid time around here with the ice, so hoping we get...
by Gill Johnson | Aug 14, 2016 | Polar Ocean Challenge News |
This photo is the moment when we got through the ice yesterday approaching Ostrov Andreya. Although we have still to get round Piotr-Severnyy we all felt that Ostrov Andreya was the critical point – that we really might not have made it through this point possibly for...
by Gill Johnson | Aug 8, 2016 | Polar Ocean Challenge News |
Well, two good bits of news today. One is our permit came through from Vladivostock to be able to sail directly to Point Barrow. This is good news for a lot of reasons. One of them its the shortest direct route. Also, after talking to Sergai, after breakfast, he...
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