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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We’re done! We’re done with the North East Passage!

NorthaboutCrew(b)log2 Comments27/08/2016

Ben Edwards, crew whole expedition from the Chukchi Sea Hello, today I would like to start my blog with a quick word expressing my feelings.  Ahem, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  We’re done!  We’re done with the North East Passage!  We’re half the world…

We’re over half way there! six o’clock this morning we passed the 180 degree mark and are now in the western hemisphere! WHOOOOOOOO!

NorthaboutCrew(b)logNo Comments26/08/2016

Ben Edwards crew whole expedition from the Chukchi Sea at 180 degrees Longitude! 26 Aug We’re over half way there! six o’clock this morning we passed one hundred and eighty degree mark and are now in the western hemisphere!  WHOOOOOOOO!…

Well what a great day. We finally passed that elusive line on the charts 180 Longitude Our waypoint is now straight for Point Barrow 400 NM as I type.

NorthaboutShips log5 Comments26/08/2016

N70 16 WEST 176 46 Pressure 1008 Water4.0C Air4.0C Chukchi Sea 26th August 0930 UTC 21.30 local time, 19.30 boat time Well what a great day. We finally passed that elusive line on the charts 180 Longitude. A big milestone, the other side of the…

179 degrees. This is agony. We have less than sixty miles, and everything seems to be going much much slower

NorthaboutCrew(b)logNo Comments25/08/2016

Ben Edwards, crew East Siberian Sea/ Chukchi Sea UTC 18:30 Aug 25 179 degrees.  This is agony.  We have less than sixty miles to until we’re half way round so of course everything seems to be going much much slower….

25th Aug UTC 18.08 CROSSING 180 DEGREES LONGITUDE!!

NorthaboutExpedition Log25/08/2016

Choppy seas means you can be fast asleep and suddenly wake up in mid air. Getting to the edge of the World is proving tiresome.

NorthaboutShips log3 Comments25/08/2016

N 70 37 E176 06 Pressure. 993 Air 6 Water 3.5 UTC 09.30 25 August A long slog of a day. Very Choppy seas which makes living onboard difficult, especially sleeping, when you can be fast asleep and suddenly wake up in mid air. The…

“My normal day on board Northabout” by Ros

NorthaboutCrew(b)log1 Comment24/08/2016

Ros Edwards crew NE passage “Twenty four hour sailing, is peculiarly gruelling. We do two, four hour, watches each day. Mine are 0400 to 0800 and 1600 to 2000. Doesn’t sound like a lot does it? Eight hours to sleep…

23 & 24 Aug sunrise and night-time wonders around the sea ice tongue

NorthaboutExpedition LogNo Comments24/08/2016
EAST SIBERIAN SEA SUNRISE 23 Aug 71N 162E Islands to starboard EAST SIBERIAN SEA NIGHT (2 Hrs of dark) 23-24 Aug

23/24 Aug Sea Ice Tongue in the East Siberian Sea

NorthaboutExpedition Log24/08/2016

Five thousand and sixty five miles. As of today thats how far I’ve come in sixty six days on board

NorthaboutCrew(b)logNo Comments24/08/2016

Ben Edwards crew whole expedition from East Siberian Sea  24th Aug  Five thousand and sixty five miles. As of today thats how far I’ve come in sixty six days on board.  Given our mode of transport it definitely feels as…

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