The rowers are almost exactly the same distance away from Pond Inlet as they were ten days ago, when the hand of Gaia brought them around Cape Tuk with the GPS turned off.
Unrelated photo of Maradona winning the 1986 volleyball world cup.
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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Stuck on the beach in beautiful downtown Paulatuk
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201100127118301&set=o.143857365738368&type=2&theater
Looks like decayed, rotten Barber 15km/hr ice.
Just for the record, the rowboat has been underway for about one month, say 30 days and has covered a boat navigation distance on a Northwest Passage route of some 300 miles. About 10 miles a day is the important number towards their finish line at Pond Inlet. Since track record speaks volumes about real progress, it is likely that the remaining voyage is likely to only reach half-way to their original goal at Pond Inlet. Half way is Cambridge Bay, about 600 miles ahead, 60 days from today makes it the first week in October… historical weather and climate data for October in Cambridge Bay is reported as:
Average High Temperature: -8.1C or 17.4F
Daily Mean Temperature: -11.5C or 11.3F
Average Low Temperature: -14.9C or 5.2F
Wind Chill: -49F (minus 49F)
Sunshine hours for the month: 60 (a few hours a day)
Sometimes numbers don’t sink in far enough to reach critical mass when pushing and doing everything humanly possible – except objective cognitive thinking – especially with these head strong rowers… but trust me… when a MINUS 49 degrees Fahrenheit WIND CHILL reaches your core muscles you will NOT BE ROWING… so lads, do you need to learn another lesson from Mother Nature? Are you up to admitting defeat… THIS YEAR… no one said (except Kevin) that you would row it in one season… you can return NEXT YEAR and put some more miles on ARCTICTANTIC. And again a third year if you so choose… no one except ‘Fast Eddie O’Connor’ thought it was going to be a walk in the park. I’m sure his Irish MRP is still a source for next years vacation funding for the four lads…
BOTTOM LINE – START MAKING PLANS FOR STOPPING IN A SAFE PORT OF REFUGE… may I recommend:
Kugluktuk (Coppermine) is only 390 miles as rowboats navigate – about 39 days… you better get your back into those oars and stop pussy footing around. Else learn another lesson regarding why ‘Global Warming’ did not make it so you could (NOT) row in the Arctic… lol
Like Maradonna they will be infamous for cheating more than anything to do with this debacle.
Arctic civilization must be melting their resolve to find death amid the rotten, slushy, nearly-gone 1st year ice. I’m sure the locals are politely amazed at the foolishness.
Ah to be a fly on the wall. The satellite phone calls are likely to be very interesting.Should the draggin’ team press on, one could only speculate what kind of pressure their “sponsor” brought to bear.
The prudent course is to declare victory and slink away.
The draggin’ team’s decision is down to prudence or Darwin award? Choices, choices gentlemen.
They have just left Paulatuk.
Geneva, Switzerland, August 8, 2013:
FIFA’s President Sepp Blatter announced today that his organization opposes instant replay of Hand of Gaia events during the Arctic rowboat expedition but may be open to the use of technology to certify that the team reached Pond Inlet.