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Pearls Around the White Continent Part IV: Home, Sweet Home

In 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.

Where Might & Majesty Meet

A 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

Ice Capades

With 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

Hell Served for Breakfast

As 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.

Ice: Cubed

Ice, we’d discovered, is cold, hard, dangerous-and exhausting. “Herb’s Watch” for our August 6, 2009 _CW_Reckonings

Pearls Around the White Continent

With 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.

Breaking the Ice

Aboard 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

A Fine Finale

Calving 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

Pearls Around the White Continent Part IV: Home, Sweet Home

In 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.

Where Might & Majesty Meet

A 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

Ice Capades

With 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

Hell Served for Breakfast

As 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.

Ice: Cubed

Ice, we’d discovered, is cold, hard, dangerous-and exhausting. “Herb’s Watch” for our August 6, 2009 _CW_Reckonings

Pearls Around the White Continent

With 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.

Breaking the Ice

Aboard 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

A Fine Finale

Calving 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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