{"id":24282,"date":"2019-08-31T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24282"},"modified":"2019-08-31T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:40:17","slug":"northwest-passage-fairly-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/31\/northwest-passage-fairly-open-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Passage fairly open this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the passengers on <em>Roald Amundsen<\/em> were on a voyage last year on <em>Fram<\/em> that had to turn back due to ice in the Northwest Passage. This year we found enough ice to prevent driving through the Bellot Strait as planned, but Amundsen\u2019s 1903 route down through Peel Sound was passable, especially with the assistance of Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker <em>Terry Fox<\/em> (thank you, Canadian taxpayers!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We stopped at Beechey Island, the lonely site of some Franklin Expedition graves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CCAC9D3E-2BE2-4D56-9735-919F2E211743-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24284\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24284\" class=\"wp-image-24284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CCAC9D3E-2BE2-4D56-9735-919F2E211743-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CCAC9D3E-2BE2-4D56-9735-919F2E211743-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CCAC9D3E-2BE2-4D56-9735-919F2E211743-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CCAC9D3E-2BE2-4D56-9735-919F2E211743-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2A3FFF4B-F3EC-4FBB-994D-25600BE4A7DD-e1567283154874-1140x1520.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24285\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24285\" class=\"wp-image-24285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2A3FFF4B-F3EC-4FBB-994D-25600BE4A7DD-e1567283154874-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2A3FFF4B-F3EC-4FBB-994D-25600BE4A7DD-e1567283154874-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2A3FFF4B-F3EC-4FBB-994D-25600BE4A7DD-e1567283154874-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it was time to head south, following a Canadian cruise ship that was following the icebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7472A9CF-AE11-463F-B8A4-10B738517122-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24287\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24287\" class=\"wp-image-24287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7472A9CF-AE11-463F-B8A4-10B738517122-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7472A9CF-AE11-463F-B8A4-10B738517122-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7472A9CF-AE11-463F-B8A4-10B738517122-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7472A9CF-AE11-463F-B8A4-10B738517122-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/C6A34BE4-5890-4DF5-8E5A-15F17982DA3C-1520x1140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24288\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24288\" class=\"wp-image-24288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/C6A34BE4-5890-4DF5-8E5A-15F17982DA3C-1520x1140.jpeg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/C6A34BE4-5890-4DF5-8E5A-15F17982DA3C-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/C6A34BE4-5890-4DF5-8E5A-15F17982DA3C-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/C6A34BE4-5890-4DF5-8E5A-15F17982DA3C-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wildlife sightings so far: a few fin whales, five polar bear, perhaps 30 seals, many seabirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather today in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut: right around freezing with a 40-knot wind. Thanks to Bell Canada for the LTE service:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050F3DBF-5E45-4210-A89D-DCBDE0EE8DC9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050F3DBF-5E45-4210-A89D-DCBDE0EE8DC9.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050F3DBF-5E45-4210-A89D-DCBDE0EE8DC9-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050F3DBF-5E45-4210-A89D-DCBDE0EE8DC9-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/050F3DBF-5E45-4210-A89D-DCBDE0EE8DC9-768x496.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding the proper term for the locals, one said \u201cEskimo is a Cree or Algonquin word meaning \u2018eater of raw meat.\u2019 That\u2019s not who I am. Though of course I do love to eat raw meat.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the passengers on Roald Amundsen were on a voyage last year on Fram that had to turn back due to ice in the Northwest Passage. 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