August 21, 2025 – Sarah-Sarah heads for an ice field that can only be avoided by turning back. Mario’s Log: 22 August 2025 Everything was going fine and none of us saw anything in the window that bothered us. Then the sound of a ton of ice slamming the hull rang out and the boat shook. We had had hit a clear-as-glass chunk of ice the size of a...
Satellite photo of our exit from the Northwest Passage, taken August 15th. The white is all ice; not a cloud in the sky. Mario’s Log – August 15th, 2025 Many of my friends following this trip have expressed everything from concern to mild panic as we post images of wide open sounds, glassy fjords, and clear running seas completely free from any ice as we...
Sunrise from Sarah-Sarah as we leave Gjoa Haven. Sam’s Log: August 12th, 2025 The Sarah-Sarah is anchored up in a small bay just to the southeast of the town of Upernavik. By many descriptions of other boats that have attempted trips through the Northwest Passage this is one of the final staging areas that most use while waiting for weather and ice to cooperate...
Sarah-Sarah surprises twenty-two Atlantic Walrus, just minding their own business on a gravel beach in Blanley Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut – August 2nd, 2025 Mario’s Log: August 9th, 2025 The vessel approached the turn into the back side of Blanley Bay. I was distracted by the glacier, crystalline white and sparkling as the sun rolled down it’s face...
The John Deere Instrument Cluster Scott’s Log – August 6th, 2025 Mario called me out and I have been pressed into service to write a short technical piece about what happened when Sarah Sarah’s John Deere SFM50 6068 (hopefully that’s technical enough) quit 7 miles from our destination. Mario shared how it played out, so I won’t cover that again. I think...
The 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Jamie K sits aground near Cape Blanco, Ore., July 21, 2015. Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Harrity, a rescue swimmer and member of the responding MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station North Bend, Ore., pulled all four fishermen to safety through 5-foot seas and 30-mph winds. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air...