Scott sleeps soundly, confident his crew will be safe while he naps. Scott’s Log – July 30th – somewhere out in Baffin Bay I woke the crew by firing up the engine at 4:30 AM. There was this perfect weather window that I wanted to take advantage of that required an early start. As we navigated the dense fog out of our anchorage it felt like this trip...
Sandersons Hope – a Mountain just South of Upernavik. Mario’s Log – July 29th Tomorrow morning, we leave Greenland and head across Baffin Bay for Lancaster Sound; the start – if there is one – to the Northwest Passage. I’m making up my bed on the settee. Unrolling the ragged sleeping bag I was assigned; I shove a sheet into the corner of the two-foot-wide...
All pictures in this post are of things we would not have seen if everything went to plan. A flat calm Labrador Sea. Scott’s Log: July 28th, 2025 If you read some of the early posts about this trip, I am sure you could sense the excitement from some of the crew members. Everyone I talked to was excited for me about the “adventure” and there was a healthy...
Sam’s Log – 23 July 2025: Greenland is a land of extremes. Just today, it is just barely noon, and I have gone through several examples of Greenland’s ability to go from one extreme to another. I volunteered this morning to go into the town of Sisimiut and do some grocery shopping with Skipper Scott, and his best friend Jon. Jon has just joined the crew...
An appreciation for resilience at sea Sarah-Sarah arrived in Nuuk, Greenland yesterday at 5 pm and last night I slept on terra firma for the first time in eleven days. I feel incredibly lucky to have made this sea voyage with such experienced and affable crew aboard such a remarkable boat. The expedition’s Facebook and Instagram pages give some sense of the...
Thinking about taking a boat trip, especially one as long as the Northwest Passage, can be daunting. As you have read in some of the crew’s other posts, the planning is extensive. There are so many details that must be considered and contingencies that must be planned for. Interestingly, all the questions to me or the crew are about those obvious things to plan for...