Science
The science on this year’s Cape Farewell has been split into two (linked) sections. We want to build on previous visits to Svalbard (2003,04 and 07) by repeating a cross section through the West Spitsbergen current (part of the extension[…..]
How a boat is like an instrument
Read Ruth’s post on how a boat is like an instrument. Continue reading
Day of adventure
Today was an incredible day of adventure and a little scary at the same time. We began our day exploring an island about 600 miles from the north pole. We got back on the boat to learn that we had[…..]
Kinnvika Bay cont.
From Kinnvika Bay with Deborah Warner. Continue reading
The Romance of Catastrophe
I spent some of this morning slowly reading a terrific book by Francis Spufford, about the polar expeditions, gloriously subtitled ‘Ice and the English imagination’; I read the chapter about the sublime, and, among other things, the romance of catastrophe[…..]
Pteropods
At last, I had my first encounter with pteropods! This morning, I set off on the dingy with Nina and Aafke to search for them. I did a few plankton net trawls in Murchinson Fjord at Kinnvika Bay and I[…..]
KINNVIKA
We woke up in Kinnvika fjord in the north west of Svalbard. From the deck, we saw low hinterlands scattered with snow, rising to peaks; and in the distance a thin white line of sea ice trapped by the wind[…..]
Сложно тут думать
Сложно тут думать. Визуальность такая захлестывающая, что всякая внутренняя жизнь невозможна, все снаружи, и никакая, даже самая идиотская мысль не приходит в голову. Может быть это временно, а потом, через какое-то время эти горы, снега, осознание того, что ты на[…..]
Chermisdeoya – Position N 80 degrees 31.774’ E 019 degrees 41.129’
We are at the most Northerly point of our expedition and, as it turns out, the furthest North that Cape Farewell has ever sailed. It’s just 560 nautical miles from here to the North Pole, but above us the sea[…..]
Cape Farewell – The Word
Each Cape Farewell expedition has a cultural subtext. In 2008, it was music; in 2010 it is ‘The Word.’ Sailing along the nautical border of Russia only 580 miles from the North Pole, we have five Russians on board. This[…..]
