How quickly the weather can change...we had dinner on Tuesday night in the sunshine and then 2 hours later the wind was doing strange things, visibility got very poor and the temperature dropped. Icebergs and fog are not a good mix but it helps having the radar! Can't imagine what it would have been like for the early sailors in these waters, such brave folk. On Wednesday morning it was dead still, overcast and the sea was like glass, everything was just grey but saw some interesting seabirds. In the afternoon we passed a 122m cruise liner 'Hanseatic' who had just come from Lancaster Sound and will return on the 14th August heading for Cambridge Bay. Don't feel so far away from it all when you see the big cruise liners! The afternoon brought very thick fog which cleared for a few hours (the wind picked up too) and then returned for half the night. Thick fog is not fun when you have to avoid numerous icebergs! But after a long and tiring night, we've passed the large section of ice in the middle of Baffin Bay (probably the cause of the fog and strange wind/weather) and its now sunny with clear skies and sea as far as one can see. We are sailing along nicely at about 5 knots heading southwest with a steady breeze from the west.
We've heard that the SPOT doesn't seem to be working? We've had it on everyday and from our end it appears to be fine, can anyone let us know when it last gave a position? Probably best to email 881621438446@msg.iridium.com or text 0088 1621438446 the sat phone. If emailing the sat ph remember its only 160 characters of text and don't include a subject. Our current position is 74°50.264 N, 70°58.750 W.