Beautiful Bering strait! Today, we reach some kind of sailing “high”. Continue reading “To Nome Alaska from Bering Strait.”
To Nome Alaska from Bering Strait.
To Nome Alaska (part 3:Tuktuyatuk)
Our initial journey was rounding the shallow water of Cape Parry and sail directly to Nome in Alaska. An unexpected encounter with a vicious growler changed our plans. Sailing in Arctic water, you adapt!
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To Nome Alaska (part 2).
Emergency repair at sea.
Whatever the weather, your comfort, your fatigue or your personal timetable, keep a sharp look out at all time. A magnificent nature rules here and doesn’t tolerate any human weakness. Continue reading “To Nome Alaska (part 2).”
To Nome Alaska. Camp 4, (Part one).
August 20th. Cambridge Bay fades behind us. Our camp 4, in Nome, Alaska, lays 1700 miles (ca. 2,736 km)away. To officially qualify for a Est- West North West Passage, we must first cross the Bering Strait.
Franklin Strait to Cambridge Bay, camp 3, (14)
Midday and we pass Tasmania Island in Franklin Strait. it’s open water all around. Our three boats run at about 5 knots on flat water. Continue reading “Franklin Strait to Cambridge Bay, camp 3, (14)”
Peel Sound “No Name Harbor” in the middle of “Nowhere” (13)
After our speedy escape from Graham Harbor, we sail toward Peel sound.
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