Northwards

 This year, to Iceland & the wildernesses of Arctic Ocean ice and the coast of east Greenland.

3 legs.

1)
Leave Clifden 12 June, to Djupivogur, east Iceland, via Mayo & the Outer Hebrides. Point of interest:
- Inishkea North off Mayo, see if my old friend Brion the Hermit of Inishkea North is in.
- Tory Island off north Donegal
- Mingulay, Outer Hebrides - famous among ornithologists for its bird life.
- South & North Uist - their east coasts have lots of inlets & islands - lots of wildlife - deer, heron, golden eagle
- Isle of Harris/Lewis Island, Atlantic side.


At Djupivogur, crew change, and a couple days work by a steel welder to finish up the damage caused by a capsize in a NE Atlantic storm between Greenland & Ireland 3 years ago. It has taken me this long to get Teddy back into shape.


2) 
- Travel up the east & across north Iceland quickly
- Spend a few days in the sea ice off the Greenland coast. This is the world of the wooden whalers of the 16th - 19th centuries - these ships drifted within the pack ice for months, hunting seals, walruses & whales. 
- To east Greenland wherever the ice opens up. Target area is from Kangerlusuak Fjord to Liverpool Land, and Scoresbysund. Eskimos told me that there are a lot of bear at Liverpool Land.
- Total eclipse 12 August - we'll be in a good position to be under its track.
Crew change at Reykjavik.


Pics are from past trips.


                                      Pic by Darby Johnston, off East Greenland, 2019




East Greenland. Pic by Josh Scarrow, 2019






                                               Near Cape Farewell, S tip Greenland
                                                       Pic - Ondrej Messierer, 2023




                                                   Near Cape Farewell.
                                               Pic by Connor Ryan, 2023.





3)
Head for Clifden. Hope to visit St Kilda & the gannet colony of Boreray, and Inishkea North.



                Boreray, Stac Lee & Stac an Armin, all gannet colonies, seen from St Kilda. 
                                                      Pic by Alex Histing, 2013.


Home 25 or 28 August.

I'll introduce the crew as each leg comes up. I know all of them, some having sailed with me, and have met, or know the rest. This should be a great trip.








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