Blog 52
“Segway”
The next leg… “Hopefully no stopping due to ice, repairs, volcanic eruptions or a large duck called Jeff in a top hat and spats”
Ben Edwards crew 20 August from the East Siberian Sea We’re through the Laptev Sea! We’ve passed the strait and are now in the East Siberian Sea, this morning we passed the midway mark between the island and the mainland…
So, for my fiftieth blog I thought I’d say something that is possibly a little unexpected… I am miserable….
Ben Edwards, crewmember, whole expedition, 14 years old. So, for my fiftieth blog I thought I’d say something that is possibly a little unexpected…. I am miserable. A combination of lack of space, physical inaction and endless monotony means that at…
ICE looms out out of the horizon like a piece of homework that you’ve been trying to avoid doing by moving to India only to find that school exists there as well
Ben Edwards crew, 18 Aug We’re still running into ice, aaaagggghhhh! We’ve had patches of clear water just large enough that you can’t see the other side, just large enough that you start to think maybe we’ve seen the last…
Today in my morning watch things weren’t quite as idyllic. Over night we’d sailed into ice. I know, I said we shouldn’t be troubled by ice for a bit, I was wrong. The ice on its own wasn’t too bad, the thing was we had fog as well.
Ben Edwards, crew Laptev Sea 19.30 UTC 17 Aug So, we’re making good progress. Yesterday we passed the four thousand mile mark. If that was in a straight line it would mean we were a third of the way round,…
At some point during the night we all got up and went into the saloon because the wind was strong enough to be a bit of a worry
Ben Edwards crew member 14 years old. So, after I wrote to you last we turned around from our endeavour to get through the ice and made our way to a place to anchor that was relatively sheltered. The problem…
We found a cozy little ice natural harbour, almost exactly the same size as Northabout.
Ben Edwards, crewmember whole expedition Laptev Sea 12 Aug So, we’re tied to some ice again. After I wrote to you last we found that we couldn’t get through the ice to the east and we had to wait around…
Merrily dodging in and out of the ice…It was the most fun I’ve had in weeks
Ben Edwards Crew Laptev Sea 11th Aug Success! I woke up this morning when we wieghed anchor. I checked what time it was and it was just after my watch so I went back to sleep. When I woke up…
Этот маршрут я уже прошел в 1998 1999 годах. Яхта Апостол Андрей и я первыми кто это сделал в истории яхтинга
Nikolay Litau from the NE passage Этот маршрут я уже прошел в 1998 1999 годах. Яхта Апостол Андрей и я первыми кто это сделал в истории яхтинга I’ve already done this route back in 1998-1999. Apostle Andrei and me…
Like snowflakes, each drift carries its own signature. No two are alike. We are comforted by its presence. It stamps our place and time. We are in the Arctic
Constance Difede from dodging ice in the laptev sea “Pantone Palette” Fog and Ice. Without wind, the sea and the sky are the same hue as the fog. The fog has added another dimension to Arctic helming. Hide and Seek….