High latitudes
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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. Click here for previous installments.
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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
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July 21, 2009Letter from Ocean Watch: The Sweetest DogwatchA night shift north of the 70th parallel delivers a gorgeous, unreal sail. "Herb's Watch" for our July 23, 2009, CWReckonings
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April 15, 2009Pearls Around the White ContinentWith plans in the works to send a couple to Mars, the BBC turned to high-latitude adventurers and CW contributing authors Deborah Shapiro and Rolfe Bjelke to hear how they cope as a couple during long periods of isolation. You can revisit their adventures circumnavigating Antarctica aboard their ketch Northern Light in this riveting five-part series.
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December 10, 2008Breaking the IceAboard Roger Henry, Alvah and Diana Simon are hunkering down for the winter at a marina in Seward, Alaska. "The Roger Henry File" or December 10, 2008
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November 13, 2008A Fine FinaleCalving glaciers pound out a glorious conclusion to Alvah, Diana, and Ryland's journey through the wilds of Alaska. "The Roger Henry File" for November 13, 2008
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June 4, 2008Biding a While at Baffin IslandOn an Oyster 72 built to explore the remote parts of the world, a crew finds that Canada's arctic is a wild place. "Yacht Style" from our May 2008 issue.
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