arctic.io – Daily Satellite View + Observations: Canada-Inuvik, 8-N71.670629-W126.965164
The animation above shows how ice in the Beaufort Sea is getting packed tightly up against the Canadian coast. Drift forecasts for the next week indicate that this pattern will continue.
Their slow progress getting through BC and NWT is nothing compared to when they hit the water, I mean ice.
it looks like 75 days of fun ahead for the boys:)
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/NEWIMAGES/arctic.seaice.color.000.png
And I quote from the previous post –
Rowing through pack ice can be dangerous. I sincerely hope they are not crushed. However, some would say it was poetic justice or delicious irony or something ……..