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Greenland, Why Are you doing this to me?? - Chapter 7
17 gennaio 2025 · 37 min · 180K visualizzazioni · Husavik
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A solo sailor attempts a 297-nautical-mile passage from Husavik, Iceland, to Scoresby Sound, Greenland, aboard the sailboat Tessie.1:56 This marks a fourth attempt to reach the Greenland coast after previous efforts failed due to ice, illness, and injury.Watch The route crosses the East Greenland Current, where cold Arctic water transports icebergs and growlers southward at 1 to 1.5 knots.4:28 During the two-day transit, the sailor navigates through dense fog with visibility often limited to 100–200 meters, relying on radar and three Raymarine cameras—including an M300C thermal zoom camera—to detect ice.20:06 After 36 hours of continuous watch, the sailor encounters the first icebergs near Cape Brewster.15:29 Despite reaching the vicinity of the coast, heavy concentrations of growlers and icebergs block the entrance to the intended anchorage at Ittoqqortoormiit.31:39 Facing extreme fatigue and hazardous ice conditions, the sailor decides to turn back toward Iceland without entering the fjords.32:19
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