Wildlife breathing new life into the crew!
The Arctic
Where have we been? Where are we going?
NW Passage Complete, but We’re Not Done Yet!
We’ve conclude the NW Passage of our journey, now to make our way down south!
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.
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So We’re Back in Nome…
And I wouldn’t be surprised if we have some catching up to do. But I will get to that. For now, the basics. Dogbark arrived in Nome a little after midnight last Friday. And the fearless skipper that you are used to wasn’t aboard… Luckily Dogbark has had many other fearless skippers. And Leg 1 of our journey starts with an introduction to an old friend, Al Hughes. As you can tell, he is a rockstar. And he is the man responsible for getting Dogbark to Nome. He is also a co-owner these days, much to his chagrin! (Perhaps the grimace refers to the state of our batteries? Or the radar dome that we found a star fish in?) More to come. So much news, so many stories, so little time. Much, much more to come, my friends!
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In the Media! In the Ice! In the Movies (sort of)!
We may be back but the journey continues–at home, way south, way north. Dogbark’s voyage lives on thanks to the creative efforts of her friends.
Talia’s First By-line
Talia wrote an article for SAIL Magazine about our time in the Arctic. It’s a great piece, and we’re so proud!
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Following the Whales
Whales, like us, came north to Alaska for great food, sight seeing, and adventure. They’ll be heading back to Hawai’i soon. And right now we need a plan B…
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Dogbark Turns Back
Heeding the warning from the Canadian Coast Guard, Dogbark makes the tough decision to turn back.
Back and Forth, What the Heck?
This is not a retreat, though it may look like it to you tracker junkies. This boat still plans to go to Greenland. We hope that this next weather system will shake things up and let us go forward.
One Big Apology and some Answers to your Questions
After finding oodles of comments languishing in our junk folder, we answer your questions.
Tigvariak Island Gale
For those of you who are not tracker junkies, we have moved to a new island, Tigvariak, which is at the entrance to Mikkelsen Bay. The reason was a weather forecast.
An Island in the Ice
We sailed overnight through ice that sometimes required us to backtrack, once and a while we even had to push ice out of the way. Twice our promising leads through the ice closed down to roughly the width of the boat
Are critters also sailing through the Northwest Passage?
GUEST POST BY BECCA–The Northwest Passage is there because the ice is not. So how is this new waterway affecting the lives of critters that were previously turned back by ice?
Muskoxen are freezing and the Arctic is warm…
If a headline says climate change is causing Muskox to be “entombed in ice” then what does that mean for us?
Talia’s Northwest Passage and Europe Bucket List
Well, I’m just gonna go ahead and say that so far I have definitely not been the person in my family who is most excited about this trip. But, there are some things that I am really looking forward to. Here is a list…
Dogbark’s Route (Talia’s Extremely Rough Draft)
It is hard to tell you anything about our route because it is designed to be extremely flexible. But here is a list of our (possible) major stops, and the distance between each one.