David Hempleman Adams, expedition leader, 18 July. Murmansk One of the nice things with this northern city you get 24 hours of light so the days seem incredibly long. Plenty of time to scratch the surface of this City It…
David Hempleman Adams expedition leader July 17 So Murmansk is an important port for Russia. Coal comes here from Siberia and is then loaded on to huge freighters for transport around the World. Including Britain. 24 hours a day these…
Ben Edwards, crew full expedition. 14 years old 17 July Hello again. Constance and Barbara have gone to saint Petersburg. The Mother and I considered going with them but there’s just too much to do. Also, my older sister Bea…
David Hempleman-Adams, Expedition Leader, 16 July. In Murmansk Murmansk has historical connections to the Arctic ocean that goes back hundreds of years. We all probably know Murmansk from the Arctic convoys and the massive sacrifice of the second World war. Russia…
Evening July 16 David Hempleman-Adams Expedition leader 20.30 UTC 23.30 Local Time. Murmansk Unquestionably overall we will see less ice but ironically not in the areas we are starting from. In fact the Kara sea (north of Siberia) which is traditionally full…
David Hempleman-Adams, Expedition Leader 16 July in Murmansk Another day of red tape in Murmansk. Nikolai and Dennis his first mate have been here before do I let them get on with it. I think even they get frustrated…
David Hempleman-Adams, Expedition Leader 15 July in Murmansk So we are in Murmansk. Last night was the survivors dinner for the crew that brought the yacht from Bristol. Lots of Vodka and lots of relief Now Northabout is in…
Ben Edwards, crew all 4 legs 14th July in Murmansk Sorry I haven’t written for a while, We couldn’t send anything after we left Vardo and then our first day in Murmansk was a bit busy. So, we left Vardo…
Ben Edwards, crewmember all 4 legs, regular crew blogger Hello. It’s about ten in the evening and we’re going to leave Vardo tomorrow. John arrived about an hour ago with the parts. Dave and Nikolai attached them to bits of…
Ben Edwards, crew all 4 legs, From moored in Vardo, Norway Hello, we’re in Vardo. We arrived this morning at nine o’clock. I got up when the engine went into reverse as we made our way inside the harbour. We…
