From Icebergs to Islands – Days 34 and 35
I had arranged to return the hire car at the airport as I had an early flight to catch, and it saved trying to find a taxi or bus at […]
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 33
I hired a car for the day and two of the other joined me for the day and two of the others joined me for a bit of touring about
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From Icebergs to Islands – Days 20 to 32
We quickly settled into a steady routine with the watch system. On my watch I got delegated to do all the cooking, the upside was that I did not have
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 20
Up at 6am to get a shower in the marina before we got ready to leave. I then made a last call home before we headed off, it was going
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 19
We got up Sunday and I helped the skipper and mate who had now been joined by a third crew member Klara in organizing and cleaning the boat ready for
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From Icebergs to Islands – Days 15 to 18
We started down the cost of Iceland on Monday but saw very few vessels even close to Reykjavik. We eventually arrived in Reykjavik at 1am Tuesday. Being near the coast gave
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From Icebergs to Islands – Days 13 and 14
Saturday started with the midnight to 3am watch. This and the 3am to 6am watch are hard as you are tired and have to set your alarm for about 40
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 12
We were up at 4am for a 5am departure, the sun had not risen yet but there was fair amount of light as we slipped the lines and headed out
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 11
The freighter had left the town pier, so we moved alongside at 9.30am. Although this move was only a few hundred meters it was required so we could take on
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 10
A slow start and we left Tillerilaaq at 9.45 and stopped in the natural channel just outside the town to fish. On this occasion we caught no fish. We left around
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