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I have been sorting through some archival footage from my 2019 transit of the Northwest Passage aboard Oliver Huin’s Breskell. Maybe this will be fun for the armchair sailors. Maybe it will be helpful for those planning a future trip. Like Jimmy Cornell’s:

The High Latitude Challenge 2026-2027

I’ve heard it said that fewer people have transited the Northwest Passage by boat than have climbed Mount Everest. If true, I suspect that statistic may be challenged soon enough. Presently, only captains and vessels are acknowledged. I was only working crew.

Sisimiut, with a population of about 5,500 people, is the second-largest city in all of Greenland. You will see it is quite small. I liked Greenland very much. The crew of Breskell was invited to a humble apartment in a humble apartment building by a three-generation Greenlandic Inuit household we had befriended. They wanted to share some of their heritage with us. For dinner, we had boiled seal meat, prepared as their ancestors had. I recall it tasting like beef, smelling like fish, with a propensity to get caught in my teeth. They performed a traditional song and showed us traditional dress. We talked politics. I treasure that experience.

All of Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland (Disko Island) – Population – 1,100

All of Bylot Island, Canada – Population – 0