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20190909-1200 hours Noon Report
GPS: 72°00′39.6″N 94°13′32.8″W
PW full using aux genset heat to make potable water.
8 POB All Well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ross,_Nunavut
Fort Ross was the last trading post built by the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic. Established in 1937, it was meant to bridge the eastern and western Arctic fur trading districts through the Bellot Strait. Fort Ross had two buildings - a manager's house and a store - and was also home to a number of Inuit families. It was operated for 11 years but eventually abandoned because sea ice constantly choked the strait. When Fort Ross was finally closed in 1948, the operation was moved 250 kilometers south to Stanners Harbour, establishing the hamlet of Spence Bay, now known as Taloyoak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taloyoak
Below are images of Fort Ross. Remembrances of those who have gone before, so we can follow ... and enjoy a safe voyage.
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20190909-1200 hours Noon Report
GPS: 72°00′39.6″N 94°13′32.8″W
20190908-1800 hours anchored in Depot Bay at Fort Ross close to the Hudson Bay Trading Post shed
FO ROB 3,122 - 77 = 3,045 gallonsPW full using aux genset heat to make potable water.
8 POB All Well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ross,_Nunavut
Fort Ross was the last trading post built by the Hudson Bay Company in the Canadian Arctic. Established in 1937, it was meant to bridge the eastern and western Arctic fur trading districts through the Bellot Strait. Fort Ross had two buildings - a manager's house and a store - and was also home to a number of Inuit families. It was operated for 11 years but eventually abandoned because sea ice constantly choked the strait. When Fort Ross was finally closed in 1948, the operation was moved 250 kilometers south to Stanners Harbour, establishing the hamlet of Spence Bay, now known as Taloyoak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taloyoak
Below are images of Fort Ross. Remembrances of those who have gone before, so we can follow ... and enjoy a safe voyage.
A few pages from the Fort Ross Guest Book... now safely preserved at the
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY (72°00′34″N 94°14′08.1″W), LEAVE A SURVIVAL ITEM (JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IF YOU HAD JUST ARRIVED HERE TRYING TO SURVIVE.
THEN SIGN THE NEW FORT ROSS GUEST BOOK ((THANK YOU DAVID SCOTT COWPER, M/V POLAR BOUND, THEN ON HIS 6TH NW PASSAGE WITH JANE MAUFE, FOURTH GREAT NIECE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN))
Now you know a bit more of the fantastic Northwest Passage history.... we are all family one way or another...
David who? You say. David Scott Cowper is who! Never heard of him, you say. lol
Hope you enjoyed seeing remembrances of Fort Ross... all Guest Book pages are here for non-commercial use:
List of those who have gone before and completed a Northwest Passage:
Now for the next adventure from Fort Ross... which NW Passage route West?
We will take a day to evaluate our options...
AHEAD to DAY 72 - n/a
Questions?
I can help!
Email: voyageadviser(AT)gmail(DOT)com
SIDEBAR:
Katharsis II Northwest Passage 2012