Come to the Arctic and learn how much more there is to know...
What do you do when you think you know more than a voyage adviser? You improvise by seeking shelter behind a sandbar in the Beaufort Sea because sea ice has your route blocked to safe navigation.
You pray every night that your vessel doesn't become trapped or damaged by drifting sea ice from the nearby Arctic pack ice edge breaking off.
Maybe next time you will listen better and enjoy a burger washed down with a pint in Barrow.
Watching the feeding whales in Elson Lagoon is amazing... if you would of stopped by using your sounder equipped skiff to guide you in through the channel etc.
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What? You don't have a sounder on your tender?
A hand lead-line has worked since ancient time...
What? You don't have a lead-line?
Did you consider making one?
PPPPP
CHEECHAKO is all I can say about this new breed of mariner in the Arctic.
A lovely Arctic weather forecast to enjoy on watch...as you think how nice it was in Barrow...
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The memory of nice weather in Barrow... begins to fade...
What do you do when you think you know more than a voyage adviser? You improvise by seeking shelter behind a sandbar in the Beaufort Sea because sea ice has your route blocked to safe navigation.
You pray every night that your vessel doesn't become trapped or damaged by drifting sea ice from the nearby Arctic pack ice edge breaking off.
Maybe next time you will listen better and enjoy a burger washed down with a pint in Barrow.
Watching the feeding whales in Elson Lagoon is amazing... if you would of stopped by using your sounder equipped skiff to guide you in through the channel etc.
What? You don't have a sounder on your tender?
A hand lead-line has worked since ancient time...
What? You don't have a lead-line?
Did you consider making one?
PPPPP
CHEECHAKO is all I can say about this new breed of mariner in the Arctic.
A lovely Arctic weather forecast to enjoy on watch...as you think how nice it was in Barrow...
Synopsis: A ridge of high pressure over the North Slope of Alaska will weaken through Fri. A low pressure trough near 73N will move along the Arctic Coast tonight and then move east and weaken. A 1007 mb low near Provideniya will persist through Sat.
