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Cambridge Bay to Gjoa Haven | Samantha Sails
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Cambridge Bay to Gjoa Haven. August 15, 2014. August 6, at 6:30 pm we motored off the dock at Cambridge Bay and made our way to Gjoa Haven. The weather was perfect for our shakedown sail clear skies with winds at about 15 knots on our tail, and forecast to remain so for 36 hours. The ice was not completely clear from our route, but was sufficiently thawed for us to be able to contemplate getting all the way through. We see the first patch of noteworthy ice shortly after leaving Jenny Lind. I finish my sh...
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The Waiting. | Samantha Sails
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August 1, 2014. I see that the last time I wrote at all was on Father’s Day, over a month ago. I have not been idle, rest assured, but I agree an update is overdue. The waiting, the waiting! It seems as if I waited forever for July to arrive. July is nearly over now: time flies for sure when you are busy. Here are some notes from my July days:. Canada Day. Going to visit friend Jen in her new home. Another smokey day in Yellowknife. I spent some time. These piles are too big, I have TOO MUCH STUFF! Proba...
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Gjoa Haven, Day 8 | Samantha Sails
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Gjoa Haven, Day 8. August 20, 2014. You see, we are heading eastbound on this Northwest Passage. The westbound route is virtually ice-free. Should we wish, we could leave Gjoa Haven, spin the boat around towards the setting sun and end up in Nome, Alaska in three weeks or so. The east route, though, is where we want and need to go. Originally we planned on overwintering the boat in Iceland, but more and more the possibility of Greenland for the winter is becoming real. Is the ice receding? Head west to A...
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Lift in | Samantha Sails
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August 6, 2014. Empiricus sat patiently on her 45-gallon drum cradle (that’s 55 US gal drums if you are American) all winter. We are ready to lift in and have been ready to lift for a few days now. We spoke with the crane operator and he told us he would be able to lift us in on Sunday (August 4). All of the red is 9/10ths ice cover. The white area to the north is so ice-bound that Environment Canada hasn’t bothered assessing it yet as it is still impassable. The boat did not topple or slide into the oce...
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(Posted the day after) Father’s Day, 2014 | Samantha Sails
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Posted the day after) Father’s Day, 2014. June 16, 2014. June 16, 2014. This week I travelled from Baffin Island to Juneau, Alaska, where I am writing this post. On the way I spent a couple of days with my family, seeing two of my three brothers and catching up with my sister, too. My brothers are great dads and I enjoyed visiting with their growing families. We talked a lot about the upcoming summer, and a lot about our Dad, Jim. Dad at work, flying the C130 Hercules. The Waiting. →. I’m so super ...
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About | Samantha Sails
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In August 2013, I flew a wildlife survey out of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The biologist I flew with told me at the start that it would be the trip of a lifetime. How right she was. There I met my future husband, who sailed there from Kodiak, Alaska. You can read about him on his own (excellent) blog http:/ www.empiricusembarks.wordpress.com/. Flying back to Yellowknife with Jesse, September 2013. One thought on “ About. September 25, 2014 at 5:13 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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August | 2014 | Samantha Sails
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Gjoa Haven, Day 8. August 20, 2014. You see, we are heading eastbound on this Northwest Passage. The westbound route is virtually ice-free. Should we wish, we could leave Gjoa Haven, spin the boat around towards the setting sun and end up in Nome, Alaska in three weeks or so. The east route, though, is where we want and need to go. Originally we planned on overwintering the boat in Iceland, but more and more the possibility of Greenland for the winter is becoming real. Is the ice receding? Head west to A...
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Gjoa Haven, Day 8 | Samantha Sails
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Gjoa Haven, Day 8. August 20, 2014. You see, we are heading eastbound on this Northwest Passage. The westbound route is virtually ice-free. Should we wish, we could leave Gjoa Haven, spin the boat around towards the setting sun and end up in Nome, Alaska in three weeks or so. The east route, though, is where we want and need to go. Originally we planned on overwintering the boat in Iceland, but more and more the possibility of Greenland for the winter is becoming real. Is the ice receding? Head west to A...