Icebergs Make Their Own Weather Icebergs are temperamental. They make their own weather and effuse a moodiness underwater that is visceral. The approach to a small berg is done cautiously. In the...
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Where Whales Went to Die We went diving in a graveyard of whales in Dildo, Newfoundland. Thankfully the practice of whaling has long passed in the these waters, but I was struck with the sadness of such a place. Whale carcasses were stripped of all their useful parts and then discarded in this bay. The backbones lead the dive through ribbons of solemnity and when you arrive at a great skull, you are stopped by the magnificent size. I’m hopeful we will swim with these great creatures on our expedition and celebrate them in their majestic life.
Few Canadians are aware of the time when WWII came to the shores of Newfoundland. During the Second World War, mines on Bell Island, Newfoundland supplied iron ore to Cape Breton’s steel mills, accounting for one third of Canada’s steel production. Germany knew that if they interrupted this flow of ore, even temporarily, Canada’s war output could be seriously affected. On the night of September 4th, 1942, a German U-Boat followed the ore carrier Evelyn B into its anchorage. The next morning and under the guns of the Bell Island Battery, the U-Boat sank two ships: SS Saganaga and SS…
Professional Shooting in a Lightweight Solution When you have to travel light, you have to make difficult choices about imaging gear on an expedition. Becky Kagan Schott will be bringing...
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The Watch Begins In addition to watching the approaching tropical cyclone, we are also reviewing the daily ice forecasts. Our plan is to fly to Goose Bay and then Nain,...
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Happy Canada Day It seems only fitting to head to my ancestral home on Canada. By midnight I'll be arriving in St. John's, Newfoundland and will be picked up by...
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The Arctic is warming very fast and as a result the sea ice minimums are shrinking each year. Watch this video to see a time-lapse of the changes that have...
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The frontline of future American Water Wars is building in the Western United States, and Las Vegas is at the heart of the issue. Lake Mead is dwindling rapidly and pleas to nearby California for more water have gone unheard. With 100% of California now withering in record-breaking drought, there is nothing left to offer. This excellent article from the Guardian sums up the issue. But there is a very small silver lining. More aggressive water management in Las Vegas has lead to a reduction in water use per capita. Whether it is buying up turf grass or creating water reuse infrastructure, Las…
Ambit 2S and Movescount.com I have been playing with my Suunto Ambit 2S and Movescount.com to look ahead at my route for the next month. Using the tools in Movescount, I created a route and saved it as a .kml file. In Google Earth I could open the file and then view the full route. It looks like I will have over 15,000 km of travel ahead. That may seem like quite a bit, but considering I completed almost 7,000 on a bicycle last summer, it should be a piece of cake! Planes, cars, boats, underwater scooters and swimming will make…