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Idlewild: Northwest Passage transit completed

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Georgs Kolesnikovs
Wed, Sep 21, 2005 11:53 AM

Edmonton Journal

Monday, September 19, 2005

A Grande Prairie rancher who sold everything to sail around the world
has made it through the Northwest Passage en route to Greenland.

Ben Gray and his schooner the Idlewild entered Baffin Bay this
morning on the eastern edge of the Northwest Passage.

http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/local_story.html?id=4ee11467-32f7-4182-a64d-c1e90d5d13fa

--Georgs

PS  Why the newspaper is calling the George Buehler-designed trawler
yacht a schooner is a mystery.

Edmonton Journal Monday, September 19, 2005 A Grande Prairie rancher who sold everything to sail around the world has made it through the Northwest Passage en route to Greenland. Ben Gray and his schooner the Idlewild entered Baffin Bay this morning on the eastern edge of the Northwest Passage. http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/local_story.html?id=4ee11467-32f7-4182-a64d-c1e90d5d13fa --Georgs PS Why the newspaper is calling the George Buehler-designed trawler yacht a schooner is a mystery.