Ben, Illulisat, Greenland 19th September 2016. 00:15 UTC We’re in Illulisat already. The day after I wrote to you last we left Upernavik at about three in the afternoon. We left in high spirits, we were all looking forward to…
Ben, 17th September 07:43 UTC So we made it. We crossed Baffin Bay, which seemed to have something against us, and found the very very long archipelago that is the coast of Greenland, found some icebergs, found a port, and…
Ben, crew 15 September 2015 10:34 UTC It’s over! We’re in Upernavik! A total of ninety days, eight thousand and forty one miles and we are now the first British boat to have done the North West and East Passages in one…
Ben Edwards, crew Sept 14 UTC 07.18 I hate this part of a journey. Yesterday as I came off watch we were scheduled to arrive about midnight tonight. I hate that anyway because you get the so close yet so…
Ben Edwards, crew , written from Baffin Bay Sept 13 UTC 11.00 The North West Passage is over! We’ve done it! The trip isn’t over yet but the difficult part is. While we aren’t done with the trip yet it…
Steve Edwards, crew, Lancaster Sound 15.00 UTC 12 Sept Mountaineers and polar explorers still struggle a bit with protecting their faces from the extreme cold and biting winds in high mountains and polar regions. However the motorbike, quad bike and…
Ben Edwards 12 Sept Lancaster Sound Ice! just when we thought it was all over. For the past day we’ve had the wind and tide behind us, we’ve been doing nine knots at times. So of course, right at the…
Ben Edwards, crew, aged 14, writing from the Gulf Of Boothia, NW Passage Ambassador for young children’s climate education charity Wicked Weather Watch, and fundraiser for Addenbrookes hospital We’re through the Bellot Strait! It’s an almost completely straight passage between two…
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…
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…
