A cold plunge, bigger icebergs, and more friends in Pond Inlet!
Month: August 2024
A New Frontier at Fort Ross

Tracing the steps and exploring the former trading grounds of one of Canada’s oldest companies, Hudson’s Bay Company.
The Day We Did ALL the Things!

Pushing through the ice towards Bellot Strait, we find new edges among belugas and a once in a lifetime experience with the Canadian Coast Guard!
Welcome to the Global Race to the Ice Edge Challenge

It’s a race to the first real ice edge flow in Larsen Sound!
A Full Moon and Friendships

A quick pitstop in Cambridge Bay, but we are rewarded with good laughs and new friendships.
Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Upside Down?

A bumpy few days and wildfire smoke sets a dystopian feel to our adventure.
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Through the Looking Ice

Looking through our crystal ice ball to determine our route through the NW Passage.
We’re in Polar Bear Country Now

So how does one navigate getting onto a beach to meet a taxi but there are two polar bear cubs and probably a mama polar bear not too far in between you? You send a sacrificial lamb of course.
Al and Graeme Have Been Lying…

How did we all get tricked into believing them for all this time? Was it the polar mirage?
Delivery: Sitka to Nome Part 3 (False Pass and Nunivak Island)

With an ominous name like False Pass, one can only wonder what type of trepidation awaits us.
Delivery: Sitka to Nome Part 2 (Anchorage Hopping and Fresh Fish!)

Exploring the beautiful Alaskan Peninsula anchorages and getting a fresh fish delivery in the Aleutian Islands!
Delivery: Sitka to Nome Part 1 (Sitka to Kodiak)

Our skipper Al and his partner Shauna need to get Dogbark to Nome! 1,400nm is a reasonable amount for a shakedown cruise right?