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S/V DOGBARK takes the bait... Departs Nome on 20180730 for the Arctic...
GPS Tracker: http://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/DogbarkREF: https://saildogbark.com/2018/07/30/big-news-on-the-tv-and-on-the-road/By JannaGraeme will tell you he is not known for his...
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Journey Through the Northwest Passage: Hurry Up and Wait
Journey Through the Northwest Passage: Hurry Up and WaitThe crew of DogBark! is killing time in Nome, Alaska, waiting for a weather window to continue on to the Northwest Passage.By Becca Guillote July...
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NW Passage 2018.08.02 Update - WAITING FOR SEA ICE
From the West going to the East remains blocked at the Alaska-Canada border region with 7/10 sea ice drifting in an onshore (grounded?) 100-500 yard flow... WAITING could be as short as another week or...
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Icebreaker AKADEMIK LOFFE in Arctic performing oceanographic research
The ExpeditionNorthwest Passage Project participants will sail on Icebreaker AKADEMIK LOFFE with the capacities to carry out 21st century oceanographic research.Commencing in August 2018, the Northwest...
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2018 Sebastien-Roubinet Expedition to the North Pole via catamaran sailboat
Website: https://www.sebroubinet.eu/la-voie-du-pole.htmlJournal: https://www.sebroubinet.eu/la-voie-du-pole_nouvelles.html#Explorers etc:...
View ArticleS/V OCEAN WATCH (2008 NWP #134 East 6) Around the Americas - STILL THE BEST...
Eric Johnson... you are a master video producer and artist as much as Mark is a world class sailor, as Herb is a talented wordsmith as Dave is a master mechanic as David's artistic eye captured it all...
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S/V FINE TOLERANCE sea ice rescue by Canada Coast Guard in 2011
Steel hull sailboat FINE TOLERANCE being towed out of pack ice behind icebreaker.S/V FINE TOLERANCE Northwest Passage journal... starts...
View ArticleMAUD closes the Circle crossing her own wake after a 100 years
THE CIRCLE IS CLOSEDEarly last night Maud passed Hellisøy Lighthouse and crossed her own trail from 100 years ago. She has finally completed the circle around the North Pole and Maud has returned Home...
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ARCTIC SOLAR EXPEDITION via ICADE comes to an end on the beach - Mother...
Never give up on your dreams!It had to come hurtling down in just the most exposed spot, where the barren, rocky coast is the most unwelcoming, to turn the adventure into disaster. In this Arctic...
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DOGBARK advances east of Pt. Barrow - NOT ADVISED - See below
WHY not advance East?1) No harbors of refuge until Herschel Island in Canada2) Sea ice blockages around USA-Canada border3) Weather can push nearshore and pack ice southward into the shallow offshore...
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Northwest Passage snapshot on August 8 2018
SHORT ANSWER: WAITING ON SEA ICE.FROM ALASKA GOING EASTSea ice blockage prevents a prudent transit attempt at the USA-CANADA border DO NOT attempt until a wider open sea berth allows safe transiting...
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DOGBARK hiding behind Beaufort Sea sandbar impatient with sea ice - LESSON...
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...
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THE IDEA... A Northwest Passage on S/V DOGBARK
20180810-0800 hrs PDT UPDATE:DOGBARK hiding behind Beaufort Sea sand bar hoping for protection from drifting Arctic pack ice... GPS shows dragging anchor in a poor holding ground refuge anchorage...The...
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18 plus cruise ships entering the Arctic in 2018 - GUIDELINES vs BENEFITS?...
Busy cruise ship season lies ahead for NunavutPond Inlet is the port of choice this yearJANE GEORGEZodiacs like this one, which helped bring hundreds of passengers off the Crystal Serenity cruise ship...
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Army Corps Meets With Nome City For Deep-Draft Port Update
Army Corps Meets With City For Deep-Draft Port UpdateFRI, 08/10/2018 - 4:23PMBY: SANDRA L. MEDEARISA projected 24-month feasibility study on the Port of Nome modification to a deep draft port is...
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Mariners are no different - 3 classes of people
Three classes of people... The few who make things happen. The many who watch things happen. The majority who have no idea whats happened An Island in the Ice We had an interesting passage from Barrow...
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After 100 Years, Roald Amundsen’s Polar Ship MAUD Returns Home to Norway
Maud, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in a museum in Vollenhttps://www.facebook.com/maudreturnshome/By Jason DaleySMITHSONIAN.COM AUGUST 13, 2018 By...
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ARCTIC ALASKA GALE WARNINGS - why you want to follow advise
DOGBARK forced to leave sandbar anchorage to seek shelter behind Tigvariak IslandGALE WARNINGSynopsis: A 985 mb low will push south across the Arctic Ocean today. This low will be around 270 NM N of...
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Sea Ice Blockages in Western and Eastern Arctic - Which Route is OPEN? Voyage...
On a Northwest Passage? Contact Voyage Adviser via email for best routing Which of the SEVEN Northwest Passage Routes are OPEN?Questions? Routing Advise? Outfitting? Provisions?Organizing a team? I can...
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