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It's Getting Serious. (Sailing Alaska to GREENLAND)
11 January 2025 · 34 min · 335K views
What this video covers
Juho and Sohvi Kangasluoma navigate a 5,000-mile passage toward Greenland, encountering shallow, uncharted waters that require drone reconnaissance to avoid grounding.0:51 While transiting an area where depths abruptly decrease from 9 meters to 6 meters, the crew relies on visual observation and drone footage because Navionics and Garmin charts lack official data for the region.21:05 The crew maintains a lookout for polar bears, noting the risk to their dinghy, which they must secure to prevent damage or interference from wildlife.31:59 During the transit, the crew celebrates a birthday on board and discusses local wildlife, including muskoxen.9:14 The passage involves cold water temperatures and challenging navigation in remote, poorly charted northern latitudes.9:02 The crew emphasizes the necessity of constant vigilance and manual depth monitoring when electronic charts prove unreliable in these Arctic waters.22:16
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