High latitudes
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March 1, 2013Northern Light Explores AntarcticaDeborah Shapiro and Rolf Bjelke explore the island around Antarctica in their series, Pearls Around the White Contenent. Check out the astonishing photographs from their trip.
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March 1, 2013Pearls 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. Click here for previous installments.
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February 14, 2013Northwest Passage Routes Made PassableWith the retreat of Arctic ice, boat traffic in the Northwest Passage is rising.
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January 23, 2013Shackleton Epic to Depart From Elephant Island on January 23rdExpedition honoring the centenary of the “Greatest Survival Story” is due to commence in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean at 2100 GMT/UTC on 23 January.
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January 9, 2013Day 78: Toward AND AROUND(!) Cape Horn!On Monday, January 7, intredpid solo-sailor Jeanne Socrates rounded Cape Horn during her third attempt at a non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation beneath the five Great Capes. And, oh yeah, she's 70 years old.
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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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