{"id":10490,"date":"2014-08-14T22:52:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2014\/08\/a-turning-point-2\/"},"modified":"2014-08-14T22:52:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:52:20","slug":"a-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2014\/08\/a-turning-point\/","title":{"rendered":"A turning point"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nCuming Inlet is a deep fjord that penetrates some 11 miles into the
\nheart of Devon Island. Its steep sides, rising to several hundreds of
\nmeters, are a silent reminder of the passage of a mighty glacier that
\nhad once ground its way through here, leaving behind a sculpted train of
\nserrated cliffs the colour of dried blood.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter an uneventful 100 mile passage from Arctic Bay, Aventura and
\nSuilven made their way to the very end of the fjord, where all that
\nremains of the former glacier is a large dry area scattered with myriads
\nof small rocks, of all shapes, hues and sizes, that had once lubricated
\nthe glacier\u2019s relentless progress to the sea.<\/p>\n

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\nAs this was the place where we had reached the northernmost point of our
\ncurrent voyage (74\u00b0 41\u2019N), the crew of Suilven (John and Linda Andrews,
\nand Max Bentley) produced two bottles of champagne to celebrate not only
\nthis symbolic landfall, but also to bid us farewell. The tardy opening
\nof the Northwest Passage, and the prospect of a late arrival in the
\nPacific, had persuaded them to spend the rest of the summer in Greenland
\nand Newfoundland and possibly give the Northwest Passage another try
\nnext year.<\/p>\n

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Cuming Inlet is a deep fjord that penetrates some 11 miles into the heart of Devon Island. Its steep sides, rising to several hundreds of meters, are a silent reminder of the passage of …<\/p>\n

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