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My Night Watch Starts In 4 Hours Time

NorthaboutCrew(b)logNo Comments19/09/2016

Frances, Crew for one week between Upernavik and Nuuk 16.00 UTC 18.00 our time (Greenland time) 19th September I’ve only joined the boat for week to bring it down the coast of Greenland where there will be a proper crew…

NorthaboutLEG 4No Comments19/09/2016
REPLENISHING AT ILULISSAT Taking a day's break to see this wonderful place 19th September 2016

A Busy Day and a Half in Ilulissat Tidying the Boat

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment19/09/2016

69, 07 N 52, 40W air -1C water 4C Disco Bay, Near Ilulissat, in Baffin Bay, pressure 1010mb wind 140degrees at 10kn. 19th Sep 16:30 UTC A busy day and a half in Ilulissat tidying the boat etc.  Wonderfully there is…

We’re In Illulisat Already

NorthaboutCrew(b)log1 Comment19/09/2016

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…

Icebergs the Size of Tellys, Houses and Grand Hotels

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment18/09/2016

79D 13.2N  051D 05.6 Air 5.4C  water 1.4C written from Ilulissat, Greenland Arrived into Ilulissat 2 hours ago. Lovely sunny blue sky day, in a harbour full of ice and fishing boats, and moored along side a larger yacht that…

NorthaboutLEG 4No Comments18/09/2016
Arriving in Ilulissat, Greenland Approaching Ilulissat, Greenland through the icebergs and brash (small bits of glacier ice), ben helming. Our mooring next to Eagles Quest II and a brash ice filled harbour early morning 18th Sept

NorthaboutLEG 4No Comments18/09/2016
Night-time Ice Berg Dodgems in big swell Baffin Bay first night from leaving Upernavik toward Illulissat, Greenland 17 - 18 Sept September 2016

David Hempleman Adams leaves the boat with his bag on a borrowed shopping trolley, Upernavik

NorthaboutShips log1 Comment17/09/2016

N 70 11 W053 00 Pressure 997 Water temp 4.1 Outside temp 2.5 Wind 320 25 kts Steve, 17th Sept 22:00 UTC David is now happily in his way home so I’ve taken over blogging occasionally as we head down the coast of Greenland….

We Crossed Baffin Bay

NorthaboutCrew(b)log1 Comment17/09/2016

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…

NorthaboutLEG 4No Comments16/09/2016
Leaving Upernavik We navigated around big icebergs in the harbour out of Upernavik, Greenland 16 September 2016

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