Sea State 1 Laptev Sea 10 Aug 2016 10:50 UTC
10 Aug 2016 1150 BST 10:50 UTC 77deg 42min N 105deg 47min E Heading East Tried to get down the coast – this is where the ice charts say there is least ice – but we couldn’t pass through so…
Celebrating your birthdays in amongst the ice!
Ben Edwards written 10 Aug, Laptev Sea The second important thing that happened yesterday was is was Nikolai’s sixty first birthday. If you remember in an earlier blog I said that we were visited by a lady named Margaret Gorely…
I really enjoy dodging in and out of the ice floes, it takes a lot of effort, you have to be aware of everything in front of you despite your restricted vision
Ben Edwards 9 Aug evening entrance between Kara and the Laptev Sea. A very exciting thing happened today. We reached the ice! Finally after twenty one days out of Murmansk, I think, we’ve reached the pack ice. We can only go through…
Chelyuskin,Vilkitsky Strait, Laptev Sea Anchored for night against by shore against some fast ice
near MYS (Cape) Chelyuskin,Vilkitsky Strait, Laptev Sea Anchored for night by shore against some fast ice) 21:38 UTC 9 Aug A mixed bag of emotions today. sailing in strong winds through the night up the coast. Its amazing that just 10…
Good permit news and possibly sneaking through….
N76 31, E098 32 Pressure 1004 wind 15/20k NW water temp 3.5 outside temp 2 8/8 foggy Well, two good bits of news today. One is our permit came through from Vladivostock to be able to sail directly to Point Barrow. This is good news…
I shouted “Bears!” a couple of times in case anyone hadn’t noticed or needed any encouragement to get back to the dingy
Ben Edwards, 8th Aug 01.00. Anchored Ostrov Pilota Makhotkino BEARS! POLAR BEARS! WE SAW POLAR BEARS TODAY! In the morning we got the dingy out for a test run. It took much longer than honestly it should have because the…
According to a relatively reliable source (David), we might be able to leave with the wind in a couple of days. I really hope he’s right, the inaction is really beginning to wear us down I think.
Ben Edwards crew, from anchored at Ostrov Pilota Makhotkino, south Kara Sea for 8 days now. Hello, so nothing happened today really but I’m expecting us to do quite a lot tomorrow. We’re going to inflate the dingy that we’ve brought…
Is that really a Polar Bear !! Well No mistake from the binoculars and the group quickly got into the tender. A hungry bear can do a pretty mean breast stroke.
7 August Same place, same time Winds calm and the first sun for a week. exactly a week since we arrived. The end of a mixed day…. First a Walrus swimming around the boat, while Babs was singing happy birthday to…
I don’t think I’ve ever actually talked about the medical problem I have that means I’m raising money for ACT, the Cambridge university hospital charity, in blog yet, well here goes
Ben Edwards, crewmember whole expedition 14 years old. SPECIAL BLOG POST I don’t think I’ve ever actually talked about the medical problem I have that means I’m raising money for ACT, the Cambridge university hospital charity, in blog yet, well…