High latitudes
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January 10, 2012Matt Rutherford Rounds Cape HornThe solo sailor has passed another landmark on his non-stop journey around the Americas aboard a 27-foot Albin Vega.
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February 3, 2011Pearls Around the White Continent Part V: A Natural WonderIn the final months of their four-year circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean, Northern Light’s crew explores South Georgia, its astonishing wildlife, and the shrieking winds twisted and turned by island topography.
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January 11, 2011Pearls Around the White Continent SeriesDeborah Shapiro and Rolf Bjelke have been traveling around Antartica and sharing their adventures as a series published in CW. Here's the collection of stories.
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January 6, 2011Pearls Around the White Continent Part IV: Home, Sweet HomeIn Part IV of this five-part series, Deborah Shapiro and Rolf Bjelke, on board their 40-foot steel ketch, Northern Light, return to places on the Antarctic Peninsula that they first visited in 1984. Their pleasure turns to dismay, however, when they become witnesses to the profound affects brought to the region by climate change.
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November 9, 2010Where Might & Majesty MeetA cruising couple sailing the North Pacific arrives in Alaska to discover that where there's smoke, there's desire. A feature from our November 2010 issue
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May 20, 2010Pearls Around the White Continent Part III: Intruders in the Realm of the Sea LionsIn this installment, documentary filmmakers Deborah Shapiro and Rolf Bjelke continue their 22,500-nautical-mile circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean. Sailing the 40-foot steel ketch Northern Light in the Roaring 40s, Furious 50s, and Screaming 60s, Deborah and Rolf explore the beautiful and far-flung subantarctic islands strung like pearls around the bottom of our planet.
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March 17, 2010Around the America's: Ocean Watch on a Voyage of DiscoveryA collection of feature stories and photos from Herb's Around the America's voyage.
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March 2, 2010Ice CapadesWith the ultimate outcome very much in doubt, the 64-foot cutter Ocean Watch embarks on an eastward attempt to transit an icy, dicey Northwest Passage. A feature from our January 2010 issue
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September 9, 2009Hell Served for BreakfastAs promised to friends in northern Alaska, Alvah and Diana are having the worst time possible in southeast Alaska. "The Roger Henry Files" for our September 10, 2009, CW Reckonings.
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July 30, 2009Ice: CubedIce, we'd discovered, is cold, hard, dangerous-and exhausting. "Herb's Watch" for our August 6, 2009 CWReckonings
Electronic Updates
DeLorme just started shipping a new 1.5 version of the inReach satellite messenger, tracker, and distress device that works with an Apple iOS version of the Earthmate app as well as an improved Android version. I again participated in the Beta testing and, though almost all of that was ashore, I'm even more convinced that inReach is going to become a constant cruising companion on Gizmo and many other boats. It's hard to say whether some improvements are due to the new hardware or the new ...
