Kayaking the Arctic Circle?

cualcrees · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: Kayaking the Arctic Circle?

One man is kayaking the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole to highlight climate change.

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Iaato · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Kayaking the Arctic Circle?

Here's a woman who has done big chunks of it in a row boat, just not all at once. I recommend the book highly.

Jill Fredston-Rowing to Latitude
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kpeavey · Expert Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 1322

driving to the north pole is right out, better take the kayak.
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heroineworshipper · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Kayaking the Arctic Circle?

He won't be kayaking anymore after he flips over & freezes solid. CNN won't cover that part.
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coyote · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Kayaking the Arctic Circle?

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Henno · Coal Joined: Sep 03, 2008 Posts: 17

Yes, it would appear the ice is beginning to re-freeze ... from the blog

“We’re stuck”
I have slept poorly. The floating ice, while thin, is so prevalent that, throughout the night, it grinds noisily against the side of the boat in a slightly alarming fashion - imagine someone scraping their nails across an old-fashioned blackboard. Then, for once, I am not woken by Robbie bounding into my room. Instead the ship’s engine roars to life earlier than normal - at around 5.30 - and the MV ‘Havsel’ begins to judder ominously. I clamber out of bed and scramble up to the bridge - all the ship’s crew are there, and they look serious. I look outside and I can see why. The sea is almost entirely congested with ice floes - I would estimate 80% plus of the sea is covered by them. There is a real risk that we could get stuck up here. We have drifted in the night into a much icier area than where we stopped last night. I wake up the team, and everyone groggily makes their way to the bridge. There’s a mixed reaction in the team to the prospect of getting stuck up here

You have to wonder whether they bothered to check any satellite images before setting off....