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North West Passage

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    Westward...

    August 31, 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

    We’re still heading West with Devon Island on our Port side, all being well we change course to 74° N 30° W in approximately one hour

    The coastline is broken up with snowcapped mountains and glaciers, truly dramatic with the sun shining on the waves and fine spray from the white horses and ships nowRead more

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    Course NE to Bogon Bay

    August 31, 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

    We change course at 16:37 hrs, when we will be off Cape Sherard from 74° to 39° on our way North East to Bogin Bay when we expect to arrive at 09:20 hrs tomorrow

    Running a slight swell and blustery but sunny and gloriousRead more

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    Continuing NNE - Bogon Bay

    September 1, 2019, Baffin Bay ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

    Heading NNE on 017 for the next 6:00 hours then 355. The eta for Boger Bay is now 07:00hrs

    We’ll pass Coburg Island on our Port side in approximately 2:00 hours and, if we’re lucky, and awake, we might see Princess Charlotte MonumentRead more

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    Arriving at Bogen Bay

    September 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

    Just arriving in Bogen Bay, onEllesmere Island, the striations are so clear and pattered and the glaciers are amazing

    We’ve been drifting along the Eastern shoreline for over two hours and have been overwhelmed with Narwhales, Beluga Whales, Seals and Polar Bears one of which swam past the ship giving us a very close once over, a very curious bear indeed!

    Sadly the mother and cub I saw turned out to be a stone which cost me a bottle of Whiskey!    Read more

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    Makinson Inlet

    September 1, 2019, Baffin Bay ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

    We’re in Makinson Inlet, with Bowman Island to our Port, on a course 195 to Fram Fjord which we expect to reach at 13:45 hrs

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    No Name Inlet

    September 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

    Arrived at No Name Inlet (possibly called Makinson Inlet), which is West of Boger Bay and beyond Bowman Island...the continuation of this Inlet could lead us to Vendom Fjord but that’s just a guess on my part

    A trip out on the Zodiacs is planned and hopefully we’ll get to see something, or other, close up and personal but at least some amazing ice architecture!

    The difficulty in being here is that a land so stark and desolate can be so beautiful    Read more

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    Departing Makinson Inlet

    September 2, 2019, Baffin Bay ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

    Leaving the Inlet for Fram Fjord, eta is approximately 08:20 hrs

    Our heading is 106 and we change onto 114 at 10:36hrs Boger Bay/Point is just off our Port bow now

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    To Philpots Island

    September 3, 2019, Northwest Passage ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

    Heading to Philpots and expect to arrive approximately 06:08 hrs

    We’re currently in Lady Ann Straight but will soon be back in Baffin Bay heading South to Cape Coburn before turning into Beatrice P.... and Philpots Island

    It’s a beautiful evening, even with a slight swell it’s calm enough!    Read more

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    Philpots Island

    September 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

    We’re in Bethune Inlet just off Queen Bay the Island is quite barren but off our port side there is a huge glacier which deserves some investigation

    We spent the morning out on the Zodiacs, we saw Walrus on the rocks and sitting in the shallows for a while before moving onto a breakwater and watching Arctic Terns feeding which was lively and sadly difficult to photo after which we spent circling the icebergs and glacier, which was quite a size

    Our Zodiac Pilot was Tua a really lovely guy who’s from the Cook Islands and who’s giving a lecture this afternoon on, ‘Viking and Polynesians - Early Day Explorers’ (Voyaging and Navigation)

    We departed Philpots Island at 12:30 for Bucane Bay heading into Lancaster Sound, ‘Silver Cloud’ is some 12 miles off our starboard and we headed into a misty sea which has now (16:48) become quite heavy so little to see out there    Read more

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    Fecham Harbour in Buchan Gulf

    September 4, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

    1 view from window
    Mother and two cubs...dots in distance unsupervised walk in foreground

    Lainey found several archeological sites of some interest, not shared by Linda unfortunately, but we enjoyed them!

    Polar Plunge this afternoon, and we got a badge...ooooh!    Read more

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    Baffin Bay

    September 5, 2019, Baffin Bay ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    Crossing Baffin Bay heading for Hullissat - heading 113

    Very calm with a slight swell but good visibility and maybe, with some luck, we may spot a whale, or two!

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    Illulissat

    September 5, 2019 in Greenland ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

    Quite a palaver this morning as Explorer had to use her engines, and a couple of Zodiacs, to move an Iceberg which was blocking the quayside, after much manoeuvring it eventually allowed itself to be guided out into the harbour mouth...Read more

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    Crossing Baffin Bay

    September 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ -2 °C

    So calm apart from a some swell here and there...we have seen Gulls and Auks and a distant ship but little else, must’ve been an awesome experience for wooden ship sailors to have no idea of where, or if, they would see land again!Read more

  • Trip end
    September 10, 2019
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