Position update 07.24 CEST: 71.29523 N, 156.79129 W
The “Northern Passage” has arrived Point Barrow – and it is still Sunday evening, Alaskan time.
PS. You can reward yourself with a shower now. 
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Arriving Point Barrow.
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Expedition Report, 07.51:
“We’ve again had a rough spell today. (not audible) … repairing it until we get a new forestay. It looks like we will remain in Point Barrow tomorrow. There is an even stronger wind coming from the east. We need to make our repairs and will use opportunity to change the oil on the engine and take care of various other tasks that need doing.
Vincent and Ibrahim are soon coming on board. It will be great to see them again.
We also look forward to getting new supplies and to start afresh. Looking forward to get forward as quickly as possible. But first and foremost we need to repair our forestay, and we will time our departure to take into account the weather. There is of course still headwind, a powerful wind from the east. It’s terrible that we have been so unfortunate. These conditions, with a constant headwind in our face, have been absolutely hopeless for us. We really do hope that the weather will soon change. ”
Best regards,
Børge
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Note: Our meteorologist Mark De Keyser has just added an informative article on the weather, climate and seasons of Point Barrow, Alaska. Read it on his blog, Weater4expeditions.com.
Yes, reward yourself, well done! Stas, you have done a wonderful job, we look forward to seeing you in Oslo – with Irena? – later. Hugs to all three from the Ouslands
Congratulations with first leg well done – now it is just to head for the fastest route home !
Trygve
To the best team ever!Congratulations- have a shower ,fix the stag and get on moving as soon as the wether allows you to speed away.
From the heart ; We all hope for you to have better winds for the nex leg and with beautilful young and arabic energy you will fly….best love from Renie
Bravo! Exellent done,you have just qualified for tripple Ironman in sailing.
Based upon rather mild weather forecasts for “places” along the most direct NWP http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Northwest_Territories/Gore_Islands/long.html
http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nunavut/Kilian_Island/long.html
you might take the risk, but places along the Amundsen route have an even better forecast
http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Northwest_Territories/Booth_Island/long.html
http://www.yr.no/place/Canada/Nunavut/Gjoa_Haven~5961560/long.html
…but i doubt i have to mention were you will come across most ice…
Total conclusion: The weather and iceconditions are on your side, so you will succeed, no worries in my soul, that’s for sure!
The synoptic map for tomorrow East of Point Barrow is available: http://is.gd/eXje0 I also added some climate info of the Point Barrow area. Interesting stuff! (i have to say this is not from the top of my head, Wikipedia is the external hard drive
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Just saw on Peter 1 blog that there is a web cam website where the port and yachts can be seen in real time. At the moment it is night time and nothing is really visable but I guess in several hours it will be much clearer picture!
http://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam
Ingrid, I am looking forward to see you in Oslo with Stas and meet the Northern Passage from it’s long trip! I hope this will happen in less than a month!
Looking at the synoptic chart, the further north you can go the more southerly the wind is, so the closer to E you can sail without tacking. If you can get to 73 or 74N, due North of Barrow, the chart shows the wind from the SE, so maybe you could then sail due E. Depends on ice conditions, of course. AMSR ice charts show quite a lot of ice in about 140W down to about 72N.
marc de keyser: Thanks for the added info (blog) and to Irena for the webcam link. As school children, we study (a few pages of text in geography class) about the tip of America (Barrow, AK), but this trip/info bring the point to life, for sure: the Point Barrow area is a place for only the very heartiest of souls …
Recent satellite image of the Western Arctic, including North Pole: http://is.gd/eXZeY
If they would move .06nm further up the coast we would have them on webcam.
https://sites.google.com/site/waynorthmaritime/northern-passage—2010/northern-passage-chit-chat/barrow#
Well done so far, to put it mildly. Once they escape that high over the Beaufort Sea wind direction should be improving for them.
Olav, do you know if they have already determined their route through the Canadian Archipelago?
Good news – both that you’ve reached Point Barrow; and that you’ll get a shower!
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Let’s hope for willingly winds. Stay focused my friends!
Greetings from a clear and calm autumn day at the foot of Rondane
Olav Viksmo-Slettan
Hei Karer ! GRATULERER med 1 passage klarert.! Staa paa ! Og husk: “Båt og Mannskap råtner i havn.” ( fra: Halvdan Hansen “yachtseilas” 1937 ) Og en ting til: Klarer dere neste passage også, så kan dere kan sansynligvis begynne å forberede dere på å holde foredrag på Snowjam til vinteren !
MVH Paal Brudevoll, ( member X-GREENLAND 2010. )
Wow. Congratulations. “May the winds be always at your back and the sun shine warm upon your face”. Hurry up with the shower and repairs!
Harald Møller
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
September 7, 2010
End of summer approaches for Arctic sea ice
Arctic sea ice generally reaches its annual minimum extent in mid-September. This August, ice extent was the second lowest in the satellite record, after 2007. On September 3, ice extent dropped below the seasonal minimum for 2009 to become the third lowest in the satellite record.
The Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route are largely free of ice, allowing the potential for a circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean. At least two expeditions are attempting this feat, the Norwegian explorer Borge Ousland and the Peter I yacht from Russia.
Tobias: And if you take a CLOSE look upon todays chart from IJIS, http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm, the chase for 2. place is in the last lap, not at all impossible to achieve!
Giving Ousland & Co. a gret chance to achieve their goal!
So Olav, what’s up, have they fixed the boat, ready to head out fighting wind, even darker nights and possible fiercer weather than they’ve had to deal with so far !?!
Hi, I hope you’ve got your forestay fixed at this time and departure is about to happen. It’s time for another fight with the elements after a hard month with bad wind. I hope you could recover energy in point Barrow, I know Vincent is bringing lots aboard. We’re praying down here for better conditions and good luck to keep your way free of ice throw the north west passage. Such a challenge is mean to success.
It’s very exciting to follow you throw the blog, so thanks a lot for sharing your adventure.
All the best and “bonne chance”. Léa
“Northern Passage” – Ready to sail again!
I talked to Børge about an hour ago. They were well rested after a good night’s sleep in their hotel beds on Terra Firma. Now they’re ready to sail and just waiting for the right wind conditions. Shouldn’t be long…
There is four of them on board now: Thorleif, Vincent, Ibrahim and Børge. After his solid contributions on the Northeast Passage, Stas is on his way back to Russia – at this moment he is airborne somewhere between Houston and Moscow.
Apparently Corsair could not deliver the new forestay to Point Barrow in time. They’ve made improvised a forestay with some wire generously given them by the crew of “Peter the 1st”. How is that for an example of good camaraderie!
The weather and ice is in a state of flux. As to their preferred route, I’ll let Thorleif and Børge reveal that in their own words – in good time. Stay tuned!
This should be an exciting week!
Best regards,
Olav
Congratulations on getting through the first passage and good luck on the next one. Fun to read about your trip.
All the best
Malin
Dear Ibrahim, and dear Group,
I tried to follow your journey, but my Internet wasn´t working for some days, thanks god now it´s repaired. Now I send my warmest regards and love to you Ibrahim, and all the best, luck, happiness, health and fun to all of You from Bavaria. I´m living close to the Austrian border, and close to Bad Reichenhall. At the moment I stay in my Wooden House 800 mtr. above the sealevel. All my good wishes to you direct on sealevel.
My Dear Ibrahim, if you like to google the place where I am: The adress is: http://www.neubichler-alm.com/ My house you cant see, it is behind some trees, but it is just 50 mtrs from this Hotel.
I can imagine, that this travel is realy enjoyable for you, Ibrahim. I´m missing you, and I miss talking to you.
All the best to all of you.
Elisabeth Magerl
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