{"id":10481,"date":"2014-08-20T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T09:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/2014\/08\/blue-planet-odyssey-continued-presence-northwest-passage-2\/"},"modified":"2014-11-08T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T14:47:57","slug":"blue-planet-odyssey-continued-presence-northwest-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/fr\/2014\/08\/blue-planet-odyssey-continued-presence-northwest-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Planet Odyssey continued presence in the NW Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Thurston (left) and Jimmy Cornell aboard Drina in Dundas Harbour, Devon Island<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Despite the decisions by the captains of both Suilven<\/em> and Aventura<\/em> to\u00a0 turn back east and not attempt the Northwest Passage, the Blue Planet Odyssey\u2019s <\/em>mission in the Arctic has been handed on to Michael Thurston\u00a0 of the Australian yacht Drina<\/em>, who took part in the Atlantic Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0 last year.<\/p>\n

Although in many parts of the Northwest Passage the sea ice melted\u00a0 earlier than normal, the crucial middle section remained iced up by the\u00a0 middle of August. Both John Andrews of Suilven<\/em> and Jimmy Cornell of\u00a0 Aventura<\/em> made their reluctant decision to turn back due to concerns\u00a0 about arriving very late in the Pacific. Other yachts planning to\u00a0 transit the Northwest Passage this summer have made the same decision.<\/p>\n

If the ice does open in the next week or so, some of the few yachts\u00a0 still waiting may only be able to transit at the end of August or early\u00a0 September. \u2018If necessary, I am prepared to over-winter in Cambridge\u00a0 Bay<\/em>,\u2019 Michael Thurston said.<\/p>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t think of anyone more suited to represent the Blue Planet\u00a0 Odyssey<\/em>,\u2019 said Jimmy Cornell. \u2018Michael is a veteran sailor I\u2019ve known\u00a0 for over thirty years and for whom I have the greatest respect. He\u00a0 strongly believes in the aims of the Blue Planet Odyssey and, in spite\u00a0 of this summer\u2019s weather, has no doubt that climate change in the Arctic<\/em>
is a reality. <\/em><\/p>\n

Michael has agreed to take Emily Penn on as crew, so that\u00a0 she can continue to carry out her ocean plastics trawl. From the samples\u00a0 collected while onboard Aventura, she was pleased to note that the\u00a0 presence of plastic in these pristine waters is still very low. Emily\u00a0 will also continue to take Secchi disk readings, which means that our\u00a0 science program will continue in the north.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Michael Thurston (left) and Jimmy Cornell aboard Drina in Dundas Harbour, Devon Island<\/p>\n

Despite the decisions by the captains of both Suilven and Aventura to turn back east and not attempt the Northwest …<\/p>\n

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