Experts say the Arctic is screaming.
It is screaming to the Polar Ocean crew : “GO HOME”
Normally the Laptev sea would be pretty open now as in previous years. It is not. This is also partly due to the wind blowing the pack ice down south and consolidating next to the land. So, we need to get through the straight and through the Laptev sea. So where do we wait until we can do this ? We have deliberately taken our time to get to this point, and used the wind as much as we can to conserve fuel. Now the weather has changed, the wind direction has also changed. From the calm turquoise seas, to choppy short seas, wet, windy and cold.
A long tack north, and then tacked east again. There is No hurry – The Polar Ocean Challenge
