Overnight Sunday/Monday we returned to Pond Inlet on the north of Baffin Island. This was to be the starting point of the airlift by chartered aeroplanes to Montreal. We were to use the ship and all of its conveniences until called ashore to catch one of five aeroplanes to Resolute where we would change to …
After breakfast we were at 72° 08´ North, 74° 58´ West off the northeast coast of Baffin Island and Cape Jameson. We are approaching the South Arm Fjord and will sail in between snow-capped, granite mountains to the glaciers at its head. The island is named after the English explorer William Baffin but it is …
We are still in Lancaster Sound at 74° 18´ North, 82° 01´ West. We are surrounded by floes of sea ice and enveloped in sea fog. We have spent the night here and were woken by the bow thrusters turning the ship into the wind just before 08:00. We came here last evening after receiving …
At 8:00 a.m. this morning we were sailing up Croker Bay, on the south of Devon Island, to where one very big and two smaller glaciers reach the sea. We are at 74° 07´ North, 83° 02´ West. Croker was the First Secretary of the Admiralty when his name was used by John Ross on his …
At 08:00 a.m. we were at 75° 13´ North, 78° 53´ West en route to Philpots Island on the east coast of Devon Island. This destination has been chosen as site of interest as we make our way to the Fort Ross area where we hope we hope to visit Beechey Island. It sounded dramatic …
This morning we are heading to Grise Fjord at 76° 25´ North, 82° 54´ West. It is known by the Inuit as Aujuittuq, ‘a place that never thaws’. It is the most northerly community in this region. There are only two other settlements on Ellesmere Island such as Eureka and Alert which has a decaying …
At 07:30 a.m. we arrived in Dundas Harbour on Devon Island at 74° 26´ North, 86° 23´ West with an air temperature of -0.3°C and a sea temperature of 1°C. The sun is rising over the mountains and glaciers reach the sea. Dundas Harbour is an abandoned settlement on the south coast of Devon Island …
We arrived at Pond Inlet on Baffin Island at 06:00 a.m. We are anchored with the bow facing the wind at 72° 41´ North, 77° 59´ West. We are in the Eclipse Sound and anchored midway between Bylot Island and Pond Inlet. There is an air temperature of 5°C and rain is threatening. Pond Inlet …
This morning we have entered the Baffin Bay section of the Davis Strait. We cannot see Baffin Island yet as we have about 200 miles to cover before reaching Pond Inlet on its northern coast. At 09:30 a.m. we are at 72deg 3min North, 68deg 55min West with an air temperature of 2.5C and 4.7C …
We have entered the Far North. At 3:00 a.m. this morning a member of the party rolled over and saw low Arctic sunshine! At 8:00 a.m. We were cruising the Davis Strait at 70° 49´ North, 56° 35´ West, off the west coast of Greenland. We have more than 400 miles to travel to reach …