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After that we went and visited the small graveyard on the island. Seven graves, one that looked like it was for a child. Quite a sad little spot in many ways.

Ben Edwards, crew whole expedition 1st October So this morning Mike and I went ashore to the pool before breakfast. It was very pleasant. About a metre of water, warm sandy bottom and so on. According to Mike in all…

There were some very quiet moments on board, as we as a crew took in the majesty of the mountain formations around us. Mind numbing precipices and sheer, 1000 meter walls of ice shrouded wall

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1 October Wind North west 15KT,996 hpa and falling, air temp is …c, water temp is 5.4c. Large grounded Iceberg on our track south. no other ice. Some coastal traders heading north laden and south unladen. position 59,58.7N,44,47.8W We departed our top…

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1 Oct Uunartoq to Tuviligssuaq, Stordalens Havn

We chased after Eagles Quest in an unofficial race. We managed to overtake them…..

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Ben Edwards, crew while expedition, from southern Greenland 30th September So today was fairly short. I woke up at about twelve to a slightly burnt egg and bacon sandwich. We were already under way as Mike and co had cruelly denied…

After a day’s lay over in Qaqortoq (Julianehab) where we replenished and undertook minor repairs, we motor-sailed towards the Southern tip – Cape Farewell

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David Wynne Davies, crew 4th leg, Atlantic Crossing, from Southern Greenland 30 Sept After a day’s lay over in Qaqortoq (Julianehab) where we replenished and undertook minor repairs, we motor-sailed towards the Southern tip – Cape Farewell. En route we…

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30 Sept QAQORTOQ to Uunartoq Incredible Iceberg with blue lines through it. It cracked sounding like a pistol shot; made us all jump! Majestic towering steep mountains rising up out of the sea. Speechless. And as if we're not international enough an expedition...

When I first heard about Northabout back in the spring, I knew I wanted to play a part in the expedition

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Rob, crew 4th Leg Atlantic Crossing, from Qaqortoq (Julianehavn), Greenland Sitting here in Qaqortoq (Julianehavn), I’ve been reflecting on the first week of this trip. It has been a wonderful experience so far, easily exceeding my expectations, and although I…

The iceberg was grounded in more than 70ft of water, and we motored all round it admiring the colours underwater, and strange vertical dark blue lines through the ice. It made us jump when it cracked like a pistolshot….

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Rob Hudson, crew 4th leg, Atlantic crossing In Qaqortaq last night I was able to get wifi connection in a bar, so saw for the first time the blogs and photos on the expedition website from the last week. Fran…

The strategy is to reach our departure point on the eastern entrance to PRINCE CHRISTIAN SOUND, which has a conveniently manned weather station and pier, in about two days sailing

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Position 60,23N 45,43W under way eastwards CSE 084T. Wind west 10KT,1004 hpa and falling, air temp is 12.5c, water temp is 5.2 c. Large grounded Iceberg on our track east. no other ice. After departing QAQORTOQ around 8 am, we…

I am told by the Inuit lady in the local chandlery that its going to blow hard tomorrow. We should have the wind behind us for our transit to the east, and then if all is ok run in to shelter mid afternoon.

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Wind North 1KT,1009 hpa and rising, air temp is 12.7c, water temp is 7c, EAGLES QUEST II is now alongside us. We have successfully disembarked Steve and continued our preparation of Northabout for crossing the Atlantic. We have also re-fueled…