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A friend is sailing it right now. There is still a good deal of ice. It's almost a certainty to open every year now, but only for 1-8 weeks, then it's blocked b
by grecy 3y ago
A friend is sailing it right now. There is still a good deal of ice. It's almost a certainty to open every year now, but only for 1-8 weeks, then it's blocked by ice again.
20 years ago there was no guarantee it would open at all during the summer.
- augusto-moura 3y agoIs this personal cruising/yatching? Do they keep a vlog or blog? Looks like something I would be interested in watching
- grecy 3y agoPersonal yachting. There is no internet :) ... he would rather not have Starlink, the whole point is to get away (and he lives in the Yukon anyway, being away from connection is the whole point)
- augusto-moura 3y agoI don't mean live updates (while that must exist at some level, at least for sharing with family), but a lot of blogs and channels that I follow from people living aboard do have some updates posting, either scheduled, weekly for example, when they have easy access to ports or internet in the sea (there are some expensive, high latency satellites), or no schedules, just updates when they feel like it [1]. No pressure anyway, is just something that I'm enthusiastic about :) If they ever put out some records on how it went after it finished, it would definitely be something that I would read [1]: https://100r.co/site/about_us.html https://100r.co/site/about_us.html
- grecy 3y ago> when they have easy access to ports or internet in the sea They're a LOT further out that you think. There are no "ports with internet". > there are some expensive, high latency satellites When I drove around Africa, any kind of useful satellite internet was going to cost more than the entire 3 year expedition right around the whole continent cost! (Starlink changes that, but as I said, they're not interested) >If they ever put out some records on how it went after it finished, it would definitely be something that I would read Dozens of private yatchs sail it every year, there's plenty of info out there
- oh_sigh 3y agoThe Tally Ho fella talks about taking his boat up north once it is finished a lot, and I'm sure there will be a lot of high quality vlog content, but that might not be for another year or more.
- dylan604 3y agoSo when it's open, you sail through it. When it's solid, you drive over it. They just need to build a couple of ports on either coast. It's a good thing we have an abundance of truck drivers...ooops.
- skeeter2020 3y agoDrive over the northwest passage? You're not too familar with geography I take it...