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Into the Labrador Sea

Posted on September 12, 2024September 18, 2024by Sandy

Wildlife breathing new life into the crew!

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  • The Arctic

Straight Outta Qikiqtarjuaq

Posted on September 5, 2024September 5, 2024by Sandy

Wildlife encounters, an Inuktitut language lesson, and a crew exchange!

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  • Alaska

We’re in Polar Bear Country Now

Posted on August 12, 2024August 26, 2024by Sandy

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.

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    • People, Food, Fun

Adventures With Albatross

Posted on January 30, 2019April 23, 2019by Talia

The best adventures always start way earlier in the morning than you want them too. Our albatross hike was no different.

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  • Featured

Watch Dogbark’s Arctic Party!

Posted on August 19, 2018October 22, 2018by Graeme

John Guillote’s amazing video of the wildlife aboard SV Dogbark…

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  • People, Food, Fun

Adventures with Dogs (AKA the BEST Kind of Adventure)

Posted on July 25, 2018April 24, 2019by Talia

I LOVE dogs. So when I heard that we had been offered the chance to go hang out with dogs and go dog sledding, I said “YES!!!”

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  • People, Food, Fun

Some Hairy Beasts!

Posted on July 21, 2018October 22, 2018by Savai

“There are muskox 3 fourths a mile up the road, wanna come?”

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  • People, Food, Fun

My Temporary Retirement

Posted on June 29, 2018October 23, 2018by Talia

Mom, Savai, and I are all back home in Washington. I consider it to be a temporary retirement from all the work we had to do aboard Dogbark.

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  • Pacific Northwest

An Amazing Adventure in Haida Gwaii

Posted on June 17, 2018October 23, 2018by Talia

Dogbark has reached Haida Gwaii, a place with huge forests, intriguing wildlife, and lots of Haida culture and history. After a couple stops at Haida Heritage sites complete with totem poles and hot springs, we headed to a beautiful anchorage called Crescent Inlet where we decided to go on a bushwhack!

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  • The Arctic

Are critters also sailing through the Northwest Passage?

Posted on February 6, 2018October 24, 2018by Janna

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?

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  • The Arctic

Muskoxen are freezing and the Arctic is warm…

Posted on January 23, 2018October 24, 2018by Graeme

If a headline says climate change is causing Muskox to be “entombed in ice” then what does that mean for us?

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Dogbark is a family of four–Janna, Graeme, Talia, and Savai–navigating ice, oceans, and their home waters of the Pacific Northwest. Subscribe to blog updates here.

Janna’s Book

Over a decade ago, Janna and Graeme sailed across the Pacific on their honeymoon. Janna wrote a book about it: The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning of Wife (Simon & Schuster).

Books We Love

Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality
Catherine, Called Birdy
Because of Mr. Terupt
The Mysterious Benedict Society
We Were the Lucky Ones
See You in the Cosmos
The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife

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  • 1 Graeme
    • So We’re Back in Nome…
    • Captain’s Report – Day 6 – Off Icy Bay
    • Captain’s Report – Day 4 – In Alaskan Waters!
    • Captain’s Report – Day 3 – South End Haida Gwaii
    • Captain’s Report – Day 2 – West Side Vancouver Island
  • 1 Janna
    • Strong Leadership
    • Buoyed by Books: Readings on Climate Activism
    • Dogbark to Alaska Again – Day 1
    • In the Media! In the Ice! In the Movies (sort of)!
    • Top 10 Life Changes Since Being Back
  • 1 Savai
    • Alaska Summer of 2020 Rewind
    • Wrapped Up in Aerial Silks
    • A Closer Look at Treasures
    • On-the-Water Activities
    • Our Wonderful Food
  • 1 Sandy
    • Well Travelled and Well Lived Advice From the Crew
    • Emerging into Civilization and a New Home
    • Screeched In and Ready to Explore
    • Into the Labrador Sea
    • Straight Outta Qikiqtarjuaq
  • 1 Talia
    • Halfway Day!
    • We’re Back!
    • Solomon’s Sea Life Essay
    • A Year of Earth Science
    • The Cookie Catastrophe!

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