A large mass of multi-year ice is rapidly moving towards the rowers, and is now less than 20 miles away. The view has been obscured by clouds for most of the last week.
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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hehe. Too funny.
In their spare time, hope they’re planning their next protest. Maybe against rapidly ensuing global cooling cycle: Row up and down Waikiki beach in outriggers, clothed in full length wetsuits, protesting against catastrophic man-made cooling tourist precincts.
….much more civilised ;p
I wonder if Reggie will advise them to get out in front of that ice field so as to let it push them on to the finish line. RTF
Reggie might advise such a thing.
I don’t think it would be wise. Unless they really want to earn a Darwin award.
I think it would be their dumbest decision yet, even dumber than the original decision to embark on this mission! RTF
Even trying to mount a large berg and ride it towards your destination can be extremely dangerous….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Sh271FAVZ0o
“GO AT THROTTLE UP !”
Something bizarre with the rowers.
They are pinging crop circles:
http://mainstreamlastfirst.com/
Stuck in a whirlpool?
Steve Do you have any idea of where they now are.? The tracker app on the Mainstream site hasn’t worked for days and the last solid text had them on the Nicholson Peninsular or perhaps rowing in the dark away from there.
They are stuck in Franklin Bay.
Somewhere on the west side? How far North? Thanks Norman.
And what is your source of info?
4 hours ago their GPS sent out a signal every 10 minutes for 2 1/2 hours continuous.
It generated a bizarre star shaped tracking.
Maybe they are rotating around an anchor.
That can’t be much fun.
And it looks like it’s too deep to do any draggin’
Where’s that local with the outboard and tow rope?
Their web page and Facebook page have gone silent.
(crickets)
kbray – was the star shape near the West coast of Franklin bay or out in the middle somwhere? Thanks.
You have to zoom in past the point where the map disappears.
If Franklin Bay is where Google says it is, then on the East side of Franklin bay is a choppy shoreline with inlet areas. They are in one of the Northern inlets spinning in circles. That East side shore actually forms a peninsula into the Beaufort Sea with another bay on the other side of the peninsula. Hope that helps.
Yes it does. Thanks
I have a feeling that Brawndo may be getting close to withdrawing its endorsement contract of this enterprise.
RTF
I mean “with”.
Shazam The GPS points havent come up on Mainstream on my computer for about a week now -the GPS screen is just grey . Any suggestions?
Norman, you’re not alone. I’m not getting it either, now. Not sure why. I’m using the same browser that has successfully run the app about a dozen times. I think they may have changed something on their end.
RTF
Try zooming way out. It’s kinda stupid about that.
No problem loading here, but it is slow.
The current tracking plot looks like what you see in a debris field.
Thanks for the info, K. Based on your description, their situation sounds marginal at best. It makes me wonder if they have capsized and decided to bail out in their lifeboat, leaving the transponder behind with the Arctic Joule. Then again, they could just be messing with us! They may have been upset with all the skeptical commentary about their disposition, and decided to get back at us.
RTF
They’re on a little island which is not shown on the map but if you select ‘satellite’ you can see it.
Thanks Billy, now that makes more sense.
I couldn’t imagine rowing in circles like that.
The satellite image shows them on shore.
Camping on shore however,
is quite different than rowing 24 hours in shifts as they advertised.
Go to their website and look at the route map under ABOUT. They have made so little progress in about a month that the whole expedition is a joke. They are really showing their ignorance, and foolhardiness staying ot there.
If they sit out a storm there, a storm surge could leave their boat stranded high and dry.
They need to plan their defense strategy very carefully.
Earlier, I had suggested they bail out and walk back to Tuktoyaktuk.
They’re just getting in deeper and more remote.
They are on the move again. http://mainstreamlastfirst.com/?slide=home
They don’t seem to be moving.
They’re just rounding the West End bend from Sellwood Bay back into greater Franklin Bay.
They appear to have their “Huggies” back on.
Looks like they’re trying to get out of that trap before the wall arrives. They slowed way down as they passed the sheltering land. Rowing into the wind. I looked like their sponsor wanted to go water-skiing, but the rowers tired.
Hope they aren’t heading for a “Darwin-moment” once they start north. Since their sponsor will only mention the lack of Arctic ice, the website is silent.
If the worst happens, I wonder how their sponsors will spin it? It would be inconvenient to have to explain that an “adventure to highlight the ice-free arctic” was ended by ice…. Most inconvenient indeed….
The next village ahead on the route as far as I can tell is Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
Hope it has a good bar.
My mistake, there is a small outpost around the corner at Paulatuk, NT.
No post office, but there is general delivery if you want to send them a letter.
That looks like good shelter for high winds and angry seas.
Where the tuk is that? Oh, wait, I found it.
That satellite button on their map is very helpful.
You can zoom in and follow the coast for evidence of humans.
Amazing that we can live almost anywhere…
even in a rowboat on the high seas…
I wonder if they can see the wall of ice.
They do seem a mite motivated today.
As of 3:45 Eastern on the 28th, the are headed due WEST and have been for a few hours…
As they plod through that water, sharks live there too.. including Great Whites.
http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/d_arctic.htm
I would have added skeleton rowing positions to the bow and the stern so that all 4 could row together to power through difficult areas… then stop to rest in an inlet.
That’s what they’re doing anyway. Why not use “full” power?
“row well, and live”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cxf365YqWA&feature=player_detailpage&t=9
In the med. one can row 24 hours a day. Personaly I think they are in extreme danger. Hugging near shallow water is very dangerous due to waves, out in the open, with wind , freak harmonic waves, and ice bearing down, and fatigue setting in, well sad to say, but such foolishness is not usually rewarded in nature.