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Author: Northabout

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The Bellot Strait 10 Sept

NorthaboutLeg3NWpassageNo Comments10/09/2016
The Bellot Strait, Nunavut, Canada. A renowned 'choke point' for impassable sea ice when non icebreaking (open water) vessels seek/ have sought a route through the 'North West Passage' during the summer 'melt months'. No sea ice to be seen....

Half Day Update UTC 14.30 10 Sept

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment10/09/2016

N71 54 W094 24 pressure1008 water 2C Air 0C UTC 14.30 10 Sept A dull night, no stars, and low cloud. No wind, but still cold on deck. Real problems with steering. Mag compass useless. Auto pilot sometimes very confused. We are not sure if local magnetism…

This whole area is renowned for sadness and sorrow

NorthaboutShips log2 Comments10/09/2016

N70 59 W 096 52, Pressure 1009, water temp 2.2, air temp 0 UTC 0530 10 Sept, Victoria Strait Still plodding up Victoria Strait against a head wind. Past King William Island on our starboard. Up into Larson Sound, and after my watch, into…

9 (to10) Sept Growlers, sunsets & overnight snow Franklin Strait

NorthaboutLeg3NWpassageNo Comments10/09/2016
A couple of hours later I saw our first ice since leaving Barrow.  This was at about 69d 30m North and 99d West and exactly where yesterday’s ice charts said we might see a little ice.  The pictures are with...

Growlers and Magnetic Anomaly Autopilot Waltz

NorthaboutCrew(b)log1 Comment10/09/2016

Steve Edwards, crew, UTC 21.00 UTC 9 Sept Franklin Strait An interested watch starting at 04:00 this morning (my watches always do start at 04:00 and 16:00).  We had stiff winds just off the port (left) bow (front) and both…

9th Sept “Life on the boat!”

NorthaboutLeg3NWpassageNo Comments09/09/2016
Steve Edwards, crew filmed what was happening on the boat in between his watches

I don’t get a night watch so I haven’t seen the night sky in weeks… today phosphorescence and stars

NorthaboutCrew(b)log2 Comments09/09/2016

Ben Edwards, crew 15.00 UTC 8 Sept Well we’re a bit further on now.  Last night I completely failed to feel tired whatsoever, and am as a result, exhausted now.  The night itself was very nice.  I spent a little…

Half Day Update 9th Sept 13.00 UTC

NorthaboutShips logNo Comments09/09/2016

N 69 43 W 099 38 PRESSURE 1009 WATER1.9C Air 0C Victoria Strait 9th Sept 13.00 UTC Slogging up Victoria strait, heading towards Franklin Strait later tonight. Small vessel on AIS, no name or any details. Could be anything.

8th Sept Coronation Gulf

NorthaboutLeg3NWpassageNo Comments09/09/2016
We knew Polar Bound was in the area and we came across him this morning.  A very nice chat, useful information about the ice ahead and an invitation to meet him in Cambridge Bay which we sadly had to decline...

To combat the swelling in my foot I’ve been getting buckets of 2C sea water; more uncomfortable than wearing a wetsuit full of sand

NorthaboutCrew(b)log1 Comment09/09/2016

Ben Edwards, crew 03.30 UTC 9th Sept Queen Maud Gulf One word, grrrrrrrrr.  You know I told you about my ankle yesterday?  And how I was restarting the physio?  Well.  I did that, in fact, I rather overdid it.  I have…

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