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Do you want to do The Northwest Passage? – Part 5

This is the last in this five-part series. 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… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Marlinspike, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, ThreeSheets, Video Tags: Alaska, Anchor, anchorage, Arctic, Beaufort Sea, Breskell, Cambridge Bay, Canada, dolphin and union strait, golf, hudson bay, lady of lourdes, northwest territory, Nunavut, outpost, pingo, port townsend, read island, the resourceful sailor, trading, tuktoyakyuk, victoria island

Tales Of The Northwest Passage – Tuktoyaktuk – What’s In A Fish?

Photo: Eric Maffre Breskell stopped in Tuk for provisions and repairs and left with a story of human connection. Tales From The Northwest Passage – Tuktoyakyuk – What’s In A Fish? has been published in the June issue of 48 North Magazine. It’s an honor to be published alongside Andy Cross and Karl Krueger, two inspiring local adventurer’s. A special thank you to editor Joe Cline for his support, Eric Maffre for… Read More

Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, The Northwest Passage, Wildlife Tags: 48 North, Beaufort Sea, Breskell, Canada, Morgane and the Big Blue, Northwest Maritime Center, Northwest Passage, pingo, provisioning, public dock, Salmon, Tuk, tuktoyaktuk, vagrant speciers, voyaging