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September 26, 2025 As I type this entry, we’re already hugging the western Newfoundland coast. Hard to believe—it’s been just three weeks since we left the ice and cold of the Passage, but they’ve easily been the longest three weeks of the entire trip. Nothing broke, nothing failed, and yet this

As I write this, we’re hunkered down in “False Strait,” waiting out a cocktail of wind and snow. Apparently, the Northwest Passage wasn’t about to let us through without one last frosty initiation—snow, cold, wind, and a little bit of “are we sure this was a good idea?” One Ocean continues to prove

Tuktoyaktuk, August 2025 This is what we’ve been planning for: motoring, waiting, weather, and the occasional “are we there yet?” August has been a full month—plenty of excitement, things to see and waiting for ice, plenty to keep us humble. While our other blogs are full of stories, people, and big

July 2025 Reporting live (well, anchored) off Utqiagvik—formerly known as Barrow—where it’s a brisk 15–20 knots of wind and colder than the inside of a refrigerator. The Arctic seawater is also hovering around 38 degrees, and wind chill representing the inside of a freezer. We had a solid run up