Date/time: July 17, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9)
Position at Reid Inlet: 58D51.029'N 136D48.453'W
Noon 91 nm, 167 km.
Avg. speed: kts kph
Course bearing: None
Sea state: Seas calm
Wx: Wind SW 0 to 5 kts (0to 10km), cloudy early some sun later
Water temp: 6.00C
Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin
Remarks:
Fog for a bit, then slowly improved. We got pictures of "Idlewild" in front
of Lamplugh Glacier, then went up to Johns Hopkins Glacer, but a lot of ice;
so only went within one and a half miles.
Went back to Reid Inlet to anchor for the night with 3 other boats. One of
those really great days, and a perfect anchorage within a quarter mile of
the glacier, and a great night's sleep. Up at 07:30, breakfast, beautiful
sunshine; then take dinghy to shore, and hike up the side of the mountain
for pictures of boat & glacier from a ways up. Saw tracks of a big bear,
but no bear. By noon pick up some 2,000 ? year old ice and prepare to
depart for Tarr Inlet and more glaciers.
Ben Gray
Idlewild
Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota
Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta
http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca
http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html
http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com
To follow Idlewild with Google Earth:
http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg
For the Trawler M/V JPEG version:
http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7
Date/time: July 17, 2006, 12:00 local (z-9)
Position at Reid Inlet: 58D51.029'N 136D48.453'W
Noon 91 nm, 167 km.
Avg. speed: kts kph
Course bearing: None
Sea state: Seas calm
Wx: Wind SW 0 to 5 kts (0to 10km), cloudy early some sun later
Water temp: 6.00C
Crew: Ben, Brad & Kevin
Remarks:
Fog for a bit, then slowly improved. We got pictures of "Idlewild" in front
of Lamplugh Glacier, then went up to Johns Hopkins Glacer, but a lot of ice;
so only went within one and a half miles.
Went back to Reid Inlet to anchor for the night with 3 other boats. One of
those really great days, and a perfect anchorage within a quarter mile of
the glacier, and a great night's sleep. Up at 07:30, breakfast, beautiful
sunshine; then take dinghy to shore, and hike up the side of the mountain
for pictures of boat & glacier from a ways up. Saw tracks of a big bear,
but no bear. By noon pick up some 2,000 ? year old ice and prepare to
depart for Tarr Inlet and more glaciers.
--
Ben Gray
Idlewild
Custom Buehler 55 powered by a 55-hp Kubota
Home port: Dunvegan, Alberta
http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca
http://dieselducks.com/Idelwild.html
http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com
To follow Idlewild with Google Earth:
http://tinyurl.com/ksnhg
For the Trawler M/V JPEG version:
http://tinyurl.com/ovdt7