The Final Push is Half the Battle.

Gjoa Haven, on King WIllian Island, Nunavut. It was as if the world had run out of interesting, that week …

A Farewell to Ice

Hanging out in Pasley Bay We weren’t expecting to get out of Pasley Bay on our last day there, and …

Foolish, Careless, or Unlucky?

Pack ice approaching Pasley Bay. “Well,” we thought. “Here we are again!” I’m talking, of course, about the south arm …

Farthest North

Beechey Island, at 74 1/2 degrees North latitude. It was cold as Polar Sun motored at length into the spacious …

Managed Expectations

Crossing Baffin Bay from Greenland to Baffin Island. The tricky thing about expectations is that no matter how well you …

The Treasures of the Snow

The Icefjord I’m about to talk about. We didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Aasiaat. To begin with, …

Into the Arctic

Nuuk is very lovely when the weather’s good… Nothing I had ever read or heard had led me to believe …

Late Nights and Big Crossings

Red Bay, Labrador It was supposed to be an easy run from Flowers Cove, Newfoundland, to Chateau Bay, Labrador: gentle …

Leaving with Regret

Cruising Newfoundland with the family some years back. There have been, in the nearly thirty years that I’ve been cruising, …

Sailing for Greenland

Polar Sun, a Stevens 47, enroute to Greenland For nearly a year before this trip began, neither Mark nor I …

When Time is Short

Breadboat on a trailer A test-row on Psammead. When only a few weeks were left before my departure for a …

Preparing for the Unknown

Ganymede’s cabin getting stowed and sorted for a voyage to the tropics. Once there, all you need is bare feet …
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