All posts about: Northwest Passage
By Jimmy Cornell on 12.11.2017
We have just been informed that from now on transits of the Northwest Passage will be much more difficult.
Sailing past Cuming glacier
Because of the irresponsible behaviour of a sailor who transited the …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 16.08.2017
This is an extract from Jimmy Cornell’s latest book “200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure“.
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My interest in the global movement of cruising boats goes …
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By Cornell Sailing on 05.01.2016
Monday 4th January saw the official launch of the Atlantic Odyssey II at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The press conference was attended by …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 23.08.2015
Map
Aventura crossed the Arctic Circle at dawn today. In the view of those who only consider a successful transit of the Northwest Passage by having crossed this symbolic gateway both on the way …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 19.08.2015
Fort Ross anchorage
After the excitement of having reached the Eastern Arctic, we were rewarded by a quiet night at anchor. But the euphoria was soon dampened by the prospect of the 1200 miles …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 17.08.2015
Sunset 16 August
In the last two days I have received many messages of congratulations for Aventura and her crew’s successful voyage. I want to thank all of you who have written, as well …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 15.08.2015
Aventura route 2015
Exactly one year ago, on 15 August 2014, I was forced to take the painful decision to abandon my attempt to complete a transit of the Northwest Passage, and turn around. …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 14.08.2015
Aventura at Gjoa Haven
Gjoa Haven is the place no sailor attempting to transit the Northwest Passage will miss as it is here that Roald Amundsen spent the first two winters of his successful …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 10.08.2015
Midnight sunset over Cambridge Bay
Due to the strategic location of this transportation hub in the Central Arctic, Cambridge Bay has been described as the make or break point for anyone attempting a transit …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 05.08.2015
Aventura’s route in the Northwest Passage
Having passed through the Western Arctic and its ice fields much earlier in the season than we had hoped or expected, and with the ice situation still unfavourable …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 29.07.2015
There is still ice about but we can sail again
In the two weeks since we had left Dutch Harbor, we passed through the Bering Strait, crossed the Arctic Circle, turned east at Point …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 25.07.2015
Early on Thursday morning we passed Point Barrow at the northwestern extremity of Alaska. In the month since we left Seattle we have logged 3,000 miles and have now reached an important landmark on …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 20.07.2015
Grey misty day in the Bering Strait
In the span of six hours we have passed two significant landmarks: the Bering Strait and the Arctic Circle.
For a long time I regarded the Bering …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 17.07.2015
Alaska landfall
Favourable winds continued on our passage from Victoria in British Columbia to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. On day 11 of the 1700 mile passage, as we made landfall at Sedanka …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.07.2015
Aventura’s Parasailor spinnaker emblazoned with the logos of our partners in this adventure: UNESCO, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organisation
I always say that what I like best about sailing and …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 02.07.2015
Ice, ice everywhere
And nowhere to go
The Canadians Ice Service have published the 30 days ice outlook for the Western and Central Arctic.
Summary for June 18 to 30:Average …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 28.06.2015
Early this Saturday morning Aventura left Victoria, British Columbia, bound for Dutch Harbor …. and the Northwest Passage. She had spent the last month in Seattle, in the care of Swiftsure Yachts, the US …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 09.06.2015
Arctic Monkey, Lou Morgan’s Exploration 45, has started her long voyage bound for Greenland and Arctic Canada. Accompanied by Zetty and their daughters Zoe, Leah and Rosie this summer they will attempt an east …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 30.04.2015
M.V. Tamper in Golfito
M.V. Tamper
After four weeks of patiently waiting at Fish Hook marina in Golfito, Costa Rica, on Thursday 29 April Aventura was loaded onto M.V. Tamper, a Sevenstar yacht …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 06.04.2015
Map of Aventura route 2014
After the decision was taken to abandon the passage to Tahiti, rather than transit the Panama Canal again, and sail back to Europe across the Atlantic, a very …
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By Doina Cornell on 02.12.2014
As part of the Sail the Odyssey science program, during our 2014 summer voyage to Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic with the Blue Planet Odyssey, we tried to photograph …
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By Jimmy Cornell on 03.11.2014
During this summer I completed a 8500-miles voyage in the North Atlantic that took me from London, UK, to Annapolis, USA, via Greenland and Arctic Canada. Throughout this voyage I used exclusively C-map …
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By Cornell Sailing on 29.09.2014
(photo: Emily Penn aboard Drina)
Michael Thurston, the owner of the Australian yacht Drina, sent us a message from Nome, Alaska, to inform us that he and his crew had reached the Pacific Ocean …
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By Cornell Sailing on 14.09.2014
We just received an unconfirmed report that Drina arrived in Tuktoyaktuk on Saturday, and are continuing from here to Alaska.
By Cornell Sailing on 03.09.2014
Michael Thurston reports:
We arrived Gjoa on Monday morning to find it was a long weekend for Labor Day Holiday so everything was closed. We did however manage to clear in to Canada and …
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