 Flying to Resolute to board the Russian icebreaker. (2004 nautical miles north of Omaha Nebraska and 918 miles from the North Pole) |
 Crossing the "barrens" of northern Canada to Cornwallis Island 74º 42' North, 095º 06' West. |
 Our first polar "bear" sighting at the airport. |
 Resolute Bay in sight after seven hours! |
 Unofficial welcoming party - and airport security detachment. (Note the toy cap pistol. Shipments of everything come by the crate-load on two supply ships each year, so everyone received toy guns this summer.) |
 A layover at the local hotel to gather crew, equipment and supplies. |
 Studying ancient whalebone covered Inuit winter huts near the coast with Robert Handland, curator of the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University. (Latitude 81º 40' North - Longitude 64º 31' West) |
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 Loading the Kapitan Khlebnikov. Chartered to Quark Expeditions. |
 View from the flying bridge. Note the crew in yellow parkas at the bow. |
 The world's northernmost horseshoe crab? Gifts for the school children in Resolute included school supplies, Brookdale College Ocean Adventures t-shirts... |
 ... bike safety lights...and the most requested treat, gum! |
 Making friends with the 100-pound puppy "Biggy" who serves as a guard dog against bears that might wander into town. |
 Milk Bones* smooth the way for the Ocean Institute's Canine Cultural Exchange Program. (*Not a commercial endorsement) |
 "Hands" across the Arctic. |
 Resolute is part of the Arctic "desert" but flowering plants do survive here, as well as lichens, mosses and mushrooms. |
  A check of the charts and compass, a lifeboat drill, and we're on our way. |
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 Walrus and muskox skulls. A visit to a hunter/carver's home. Hunting is still important in northern communities but we cannot acquire any products made from marine mammals or endangered species. See more about this hunting community at Resolute Bay. |
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Continue sailing to:
Resolute Bay, Beechey Island, Maxwell Bay, Croker Bay, Dundas Harbour,
Baffin Bay, Cape York-Greenland, Arctic plants, Etah-Greenland,
Qaanaaq-Greenland, Sled dogs, Fort Conger, Coburg Island,
Alexandra Fjord-Skraeling Island, Radstock Bay belugas,
Return to Resolute
Plankton, Plants, Arctic Fossil Corals, Ice-breaking, Fjords, Sunsets
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