What Do We Do At Sea?
We celebrate whenever possible and yesterday we had the perfect excuse, Snow Dragon’s 17th birthday. For the occasion, I decided to make an apple cake, using the recipe I [...]
Greenland: Carey Oer And The Sleeping Bear
I really should turn the key on the engine and get ready to stow anchor chain but I don’t want to leave Carey Oer and neither does Frances. The small, scattered rocky [...]
Greenland: Qeqertaq, Is It An Island?
“Is it really an island?” “I don’t know, lets find out.” Of course we knew from that chart that we were on an island but there was something about the granite hills [...]
Greenland: An Infrared Look At Ilulissat Icefjord
I have to admit that I had mixed feelings about spending a significant amount time in Disko Bay, the most popular tourist destination in Greenland. By Greenlandic [...]
Photos: Passage From St Pierre To Greenland
At Sea: Is It Worth It?
When a passage is going well there is no doubt but if it turns rough with no end it sight and little progress is being made in the right direction it becomes hard to avoid [...]
At Sea: Dull Days And Simple Pleasures
Yesterday was dull. The mix of headwinds, uniform gray sky and sea, patches of fog and lack of animal life with the exception of the odd bird was anything but inspiring. Not [...]
Perfect Day At Sea: Ice, Whales & Calm
“The sky is alive,” that’s the first thought that came to my mind at 5am this morning as I settled myself into the pilothouse navigation chair. I didn’t have long to [...]
St Pierre: Pit Stop In France
How far out of your way would you go for a freshly baked French croissant? To be honest, our stop in St. Pierre did have more to do with the location of the island in [...]
Nova Scotia: Lunenburg Winter
Snow Dragon has had a lot of attention over the winter in Lunenburg. On top of the usual maintenance of playing never ending catch up with interior paint and varnish. She was [...]
