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.
South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.
In a new video, the captain of the sailing vessel Barba discusses plans to set off from Norway with a crew of scientists to search out and study whales and other ocean mammals in the icy waters of the far north.
Aboard his Jeanneau 37, Andreas Heide and a team of researchers plan to head to Arctic waters this summer to film and research orcas and other sea life, as well as document environmental conditions in the far north.
Modern-day explorers find fantastic adventures on a bareboat charter along the wild west coast of Iceland.
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.
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 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.
Reflections on the Northwest Passage
The crew of DogBark! makes the tough decision to turn around when the ice conditions prevent a transit of the Northwest Passage this season.
The crew of DogBark! plays a waiting game with the ice and wind.
South around Greenland, east along the Russian coast and through the Northwest Passage before Baffin Bay closes: 90 days, solo.
In a new video, the captain of the sailing vessel Barba discusses plans to set off from Norway with a crew of scientists to search out and study whales and other ocean mammals in the icy waters of the far north.
Aboard his Jeanneau 37, Andreas Heide and a team of researchers plan to head to Arctic waters this summer to film and research orcas and other sea life, as well as document environmental conditions in the far north.
Modern-day explorers find fantastic adventures on a bareboat charter along the wild west coast of Iceland.
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.
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 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.
Reflections on the Northwest Passage
The crew of DogBark! makes the tough decision to turn around when the ice conditions prevent a transit of the Northwest Passage this season.
The crew of DogBark! plays a waiting game with the ice and wind.
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