Beaufort Sea UTC 0600 30th Aug. N72 07 W 153 42 pressure 1035, Water 3.5C, Air 1C, Wind on the nose, 15 knots Well a fond goodbye to Denis. I think he still had a massive hangover by the look of him. He has not had…
UTC 21.30 Beaufort Sea. Left Point Barrow a UTC 17.00 29th Aug; a few hours ago. (Having arrived less than 24 hours previous – UTC 21.30 28 Aug) Yesterday we actually had a hard night sailing in the dark into Point Barrow. Poor…
pN71 12 W 159 47 pressure 1019 water temp – 0.3 outside temp 2 degrees 28 Aug UTC 16:30 Another time change after passing the date line. One for the day, we are on the same day twice ! and moved the boat clocks forward…
Chukchi Sea UTC 22:15 27 Aug The Chukchi Sea is wild and we are wet, tired and hungry. We are into the second day of 25 to 30 knot winds, throwing the boat around and everything in it. Many people are…
N71 00W 167 57 pressure 2008 water6 air6 inside boat temp14 10.00 UTC 27 Aug A long slog in the Chukchi Sea. Its renown for its wild weather and seas. With rising winds now in the 25/30 knots, we have had a bumpy ride,…
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…
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…
N70 18 E169 43 pressure 1009 Air 0C Day high of 8C water temp 4C 0830UTC 24 Aug Skirted more ice, interesting, a couple of freighters were asking us for the latest ice info. I think we are finally clear, and a big THANK YOU…
N70 01 E165 19 pressure 1009 water 5c air 6c 23 Aug 17.30UTC 24 Aug 0130 boat time Local time (UTC+12) 24 Aug 05.30 Slightly confused day yesterday, as Nikolai decided to change the clock and put it 6 hours forwards (boat time has been on Murmansk time…
N71 13 E161 12 Pressure 1007, Water 6, air 0, UTC 20:30, 22 Aug, East Siberian Sea Wind against us, so choppy seas. We also got the latest sat photo this morning and having to go further south even more to avoid the ice….
