Matt Rutherford Is Attempting to Sail the Arctic Ocean Solo
South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.
High-latitude charter expeditions offer some of the ultimate cruising adventurers to be had for serious sailors in the most remote regions of the globe.
South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.
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High-latitude sailors and double circumnavigators Ginger and Peter Niemann receive the Cruising Club of America Blue Water Medal for their accomplishments and spirit of adventure.
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Bob Shepton has sailed more than 130,000 miles, twice transited the Northwest Passage and has written books about his high-latitude adventures—all in retirement.
A conversation with Norwegian sailor and adventurer Andreas B. Heide
Skipper Matt Rutherford and scientist Nikki Trenholm have an ambitious long-term plan to conduct important climate research in the high latitudes. First they need to fix up their “new” boat.
“You never want to run aground in the dead of night on a lee shore. But we’d been drawn to Shishmaref. It wasn’t a boomtown. Quite the opposite. It was a town going boom.”
A family gets used to life underway again after a two-year hiatus.
A longtime voyager finally learns to fish, and to love it, in the Alaskan wilderness.
A dedicated family turns a Spartan Open 60 into a cruising boat—and heads to the Northwest Passage.
A hardy band of adventurers sails to 81 degrees north, where they are halted by the frozen sea.
A painter and photographer find inspiration in their cruising journeys through the Canadian Maritimes.
Reflections on the Northwest Passage
A family of four settles in and enjoys an easy crossing from Sitka to Kodiak.