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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Back from the Ice
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Monday, September 14, 2009. Back from the Ice. Having returned from the "Summer of Cold" on the Northwest Passage, I am in the process of editing my journal, sorting the thousands of photographs and attempting to put the trip into perspective. By the Canadian Press. Much was made in the blogosphere of the ice encountered by the vessels in 2009. "[That several vessels were at times beset by ice] is a sur...
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Farewell Resolute
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Saturday, August 15, 2009. Left Resolute Friday morning, 14 August, sailing south down Peel Sound. Progress Saturday was made more difficult with south winds and at 6:30 pm Russ reported that they had finally sailed far enough south to have "ice in sight". The next couple of days will no doubt be the most intense for the crew of the Fiona. While waiting in Resolute Bay the Fiona. By allowing it to go into s...
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Still Cooling the Jets in Resolute
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Still Cooling the Jets in Resolute. Entry from Russ Roberts journal:. The Mounties, Carol and Ted, came down to the boat yesterday to tell us about the bear. It had been in town the night before we saw it swimming in the bay and had chased a kid down the street, or so the story goes. Dave, you'll soon marvel at the chemistry experiment we're running in the dish towel," we tell him.
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: The 2009 Ice Melt Season Ends
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Friday, September 18, 2009. The 2009 Ice Melt Season Ends. From the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder (September 17, 2009):. Arctic sea ice reaches annual minimum extent. Note the amount of sea ice remaining the archepelago. Even in the best of years that ice remains a challenge for any vessel transitting the Northwest Passage. -RR]. Northwest passage roald amundsen. Phillip...
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Morning Watch
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. From Russ Roberts' journal entry:. Almost low enough to miss, the sound rises from the depths. 1000: Same as before. Thick fog last 18 hrs. Even though the wind has shifted to the north at 10kts this AM we've yet to begin a real drift south. Maybe when we do we can drift into Rae Strait! After all, yesterday we "made good" 15 miles, in the wrong direction. She should be called.
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Eric Forsyth Arrives in Dutch Harbor
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Saturday, September 19, 2009. Eric Forsyth Arrives in Dutch Harbor. Arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska yesterday morning with her captain, Eric Forsyth, 77, the only person on board. After the two remaining crew members, Joe and David, left the boat in Nome, Eric pushed off alone for the Aleutians. The trip took almost a week. He anchored before dawn Friday morning. He next job, he said on his website. Silent ...
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Waiting Game
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The winds have shifted from the south to the north slowly pushing the ice in a more southwesterly direction and hopefully opening a passage with low enough ice concentration to make it possible for Fiona. To arrive in Gjoa Haven soon. 12:03PM Email from Russ: "All well and happy. Waiting game. Fog. Wind shifting. 'Breaker Laurier. Note added by RR on 8/29/09:. Bremen steaming in ...
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Russ Roberts Speaks in Orange, Virginia
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Thursday, April 21, 2011. Russ Roberts Speaks in Orange, Virginia. News report from the Orange County Review. Come to the Orange Historical Society's Research Center. 130 Caroline Street, at 7 pm April 25 to hear Russ Roberts' presentation: The Inner Reaches of the Northwest Passage. For well over a century, the Holy Grail of explorers was the Northwest Passage, an imagined sea route around North America.
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: Cambridge Bay
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Arrived in Cambridge Bay in fine "shirtsleeve" weather Tuesday evening, just in time for Happy Hour. Sprague. Theobald and Chauncey Tanton. Boarded for drinks and interviews with Fiona's. Crew Sprague, an Emmy award winning filmmaker,. Is producing what he hopes will be a multi-part TV series. On the Northwest Passage and the 2009 season in particular. Capt Mark Shrader, in Gjoa.
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009: A Busy Day
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Fiona Sails the Northwest Passage in 2009. A journal of the trip aboard S/V Fiona by Russ Roberts. Sunday, August 16, 2009. Entry from Russ Roberts' journal:. Due to lousy weather and increasing concentration of ice Eric called the Coast Guard to give them our position. After pancakes for breakfast we are checking and filling the Go Bag. This is a partial list of some stuff we need to put in it in case we need to abandon ship(discuss more with others):. I want all of them that are on the boat! 1330: Eric...