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So, who should care about Greenland and why is the Ocean Research Project team going there?
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So, who should care about Greenland and why is the Ocean Research Project team going there?
A week of light winds and heavy fog means that a stop in Sydney, Nova Scotia was imperative to the trip.
A gale sidetracks the trip to the Arctic, prompting a stop on the island of Nantucket.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
Orkney fishermen waving at us as we pass them, the harbour master of Greenland’s main commercial port is waiting until close to midnight to welcome a yacht? Is the world changing, or is it just that in such remote places people still behave as everyone used to … once upon a time.
Soon we were dodging small bits of ice, then larger ones, and finally mini-icebergs the size of Aventura.
Jimmy Cornell and the crew of Aventura are sailing the very same stretch of the North Atlantic that was onced navigated by Vikings.
Looking out of the surrounding windows from his comfortable armchair, it suddenly struck Jimmy Cornell that even in this kind of filthy weather, life at sea can still be enjoyable…. if you have the right boat, and the mindset to go with it.
…and I thought it was just Hollywood celebrities that took them.
Jimmy Cornell starts the passage from Orkney to Greenland on World Oceans Day.
So, who should care about Greenland and why is the Ocean Research Project team going there?
A week of light winds and heavy fog means that a stop in Sydney, Nova Scotia was imperative to the trip.
A gale sidetracks the trip to the Arctic, prompting a stop on the island of Nantucket.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
Orkney fishermen waving at us as we pass them, the harbour master of Greenland’s main commercial port is waiting until close to midnight to welcome a yacht? Is the world changing, or is it just that in such remote places people still behave as everyone used to … once upon a time.
Soon we were dodging small bits of ice, then larger ones, and finally mini-icebergs the size of Aventura.
Jimmy Cornell and the crew of Aventura are sailing the very same stretch of the North Atlantic that was onced navigated by Vikings.
Looking out of the surrounding windows from his comfortable armchair, it suddenly struck Jimmy Cornell that even in this kind of filthy weather, life at sea can still be enjoyable…. if you have the right boat, and the mindset to go with it.
…and I thought it was just Hollywood celebrities that took them.
Jimmy Cornell starts the passage from Orkney to Greenland on World Oceans Day.
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