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21 giugno 2024 · 25 min · 17K visualizzazioni · Ittoqqortoormiit
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While waiting for a weather window to depart Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland, for a 300-nautical-mile passage to Húsavík, Iceland, the crew of a cruising sailboat faces severe weather and anchoring failures. The vessel is currently overloaded with 550 liters of diesel stored in deck canisters.1:48 During a stay in the anchorage of Andrup Havn, a sudden katabatic wind event brings gusts of 50 to 60 knots.20:15 Both anchors drag, forcing the crew to maneuver toward a rocky lee shore in darkness.20:22 The crew manages to save the boat by using the engine at full throttle while manually retrieving one anchor and cutting the line to the second.20:59 After drifting safely in the fjord until dawn, the boat departs for Iceland, navigating through an ice belt in the Greenland Sea.21:45 The crew also documents local life in Ittoqqortoormiit, including the town's infrastructure, the history of explorer Einar Mikkelsen, and a brief research project involving hydrophone recordings of glacial ice.2:59
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