Category: Iceland
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Life in Husavik, Iceland
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 44. 24th July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Not too bad at all Ice: Awaiting a new Ice Chart Sumara has the best position in the harbour being the only yacht on a pontoon. On the harbour wall lies Dagmar Aaen, the crew of which are all waiting news…
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All systems go but..
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 42. 22nd July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Not too bad at all Ice: Looking better. OK to make landfall a bit further south. Yesterday morning I went up to the Grimur engineering shop at 07:00 which was pretty stupid because they didn’t open until 08:00. So I went…
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A navigational faux pas, but arrived safely in Husavik!
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 40. 20th July 2022 Position: Moored Husavik, Iceland Weather: Calm in the harbour at least Ice: Not looking so good – yet It was my first really good weather day in 40 days! Our departure from Vopnafjordur was a little later than the original plan due to us enjoying the…
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We have arrived in Iceland! Yippee
Scoresby Sund Expedition 2022 Day 37. 17th July 2022 Position: Moored Vopnafjordur, Iceland Weather: Calm peaceful evening We have said goodbye to Torshavn and hello to Iceland! I must admit that I rather like Torshavn and I can see why some people like to linger for a while. Sony who lives on a really wonderful…
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Notes from my Expedition Journal – East Greenland 2019 – in the yacht Integrity
Notes from my Expedition Journal These are notes taken directly from my little waterproof notepad. I was invited as crew on Will Stirling’s splendid yacht “Integrity”. We were aiming for Scoresby Sund but for my second time we were thwarted by ice. Any additions or alterations to the original notes I have made in blue,…
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St Kilda 2021 Part Two – Barra to St Kilda and back to Dunstaffnage
Log 10452 I had randomly decided that the Sound of Barra was the route to go, despite it being described as “tortuous” in the pilot books. I then succeeded in muddling up the incoming tide with the outgoing one which I luckily picked up on when John showed me some fancy app on his iPad.…
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What’s Bubbling for 2021 and 2022
It has been a longstanding ambition of mine to sail Sumara to Scoresby Sund. Scoresby Sund is the longest fjord in the world and is situated in the high Arctic on the Eastern seaboard of Greenland. We made a half-hearted attempt to get there after climbing Beerenberg on Jan Mayen in 2011, but in reality,…
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Scoresby Sund – or not?
Some people dream of rounding Cape Horn, some people dream of going through Havengore Creek – a far more risky adventure in my opinion. I dream about sailing to Scoresby Sund. We made a half-hearted attempt in 2011 after sailing Sumara to Jan Mayen but we were stupidly early and the ice was fast all…
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Visiting Iceland for Christmas?
Sadly I’m not spending Christmas in Iceland this year but quite a few of my friends are, so I asked Gudrun if she had any tips. Well Gudrun has come up Trumps with a huge list of sugestions and advice which I have attached below.Thank you so much for this I’m sure everyone will have a really…
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Blog Update
There’s a new post “Stretched Limos” that appears before “Land Ahoy” but I’ve only just posted it. The email got lost in the spam filter. I’ve put it in the right sequence, otherwise it will look if Alasdair is going backwards – although I guess that’s always possible! Gerry