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Matt Rutherford returns to the Sailing Into Oblivion podcast to discuss his planned solo nonstop circumnavigation of the Arctic, departing around July 1 from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, where he is waiting out a gale.2:54 The route breaks into three sections: Greenland to the Finland-Russia border, north of Russia (roughly 3,500 miles, comparable to a transatlantic crossing), and the Northwest Passage.9:49 Ice conditions are at record lows — 15% below the previous record low in some areas — but Iceberg Alley off Newfoundland and Labrador is carrying more ice than a 15-year veteran ice router has ever seen.3:13 Rutherford describes the geopolitical risk of transiting Russian Arctic waters, the challenge of persistent cloud cover north of Siberia (NASA Worldview satellite imagery shows clear days are rare even in August), and the danger of shallow-water storm seas generating short, steep waves.13:02 He carries roughly 3,000 pounds of diesel, loaded as low as possible, split between the Northeast and Northwest Passage legs.41:02 Current chart inaccuracies — confirmed by the research vessel Roger Revelle and cross-checked against PredictWind — made Gulf Stream eddies unpredictable on a previous voyage.50:06 He also discusses his Westsail 32's aging Perkins 4108 engine and future plans for a larger boat.1:03:28 Donations support the Ocean Research Project at oceanresearchproject.org, which hosts a live tracker.1:06

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