Expedition!

[Bootneck]

Hi, I've left my farm in (hopefully) capable hands and am in the Arctic. The small Inuit community of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island to be precise. Its an eye opener being here! Caribou, Seal and Narwhal hunting is still a way of life up here. No farming at all! I'm waiting for the ice to break up enough to get going with our expedition https://nwpexpedition.com/
And a FB page
There is a tracker on the website so you can see our progress.

 

[Still Farming]

On the Flip side the rest of the World is burning?

 

[Clive]

proper adventure that !

 

[Bootneck]

On the Flip side the rest of the World is burning?

The elders of the community say they haven't seen ice like this year since the 50's!

 

[Still Farming]

The elders of the community say they haven't seen ice like this year since the 50's!

Interesting as all say the ice caps and permafrost has and is shrinking !

 

[onesiedale]

post some photos up on here please .
Be interesting to see.

 

[Bootneck]

 

[Boysground]

Hi, I've left my farm in (hopefully) capable hands and am in the Arctic. The small Inuit community of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island to be precise. Its an eye opener being here! Caribou, Seal and Narwhal hunting is still a way of life up here. No farming at all! I'm waiting for the ice to break up enough to get going with our expedition https://nwpexpedition.com/
And a FB page
There is a tracker on the website so you can see our progress.

That is fantastic, please keep us as updated as you can.

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[C.J]

The elders of the community say they haven't seen ice like this year since the 50's!

Sea ice has made a good recovery , since the low point of 2012 - but you won't read that in the Guardian or see it on the BBC.

 

[Bootneck]

That is fantastic, please keep us as updated as you can.

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Will do, once the rowing starts I won't have any Internet. Just a waiting game for now! Bit frustrating but trying to make the most of being here!

 

[Ball acre]

Can you get me a Narwhal tusk? I want one for home defence/taking out jihadis.
Thanks

 

[ollie989898]

Their way of life intrigues me, please do post more, it sounds an interesting trip.

 

[Bootneck]

Can you get me a Narwhal tusk? I want one for home defence/taking out jihadis.
Thanks

There's a long list of people asking for one! But they are expensive! The one in the picture above they were hoping to sell for about 4,500 quid. Also I suspect difficult to legally import to UK.

 

[Bootneck]

We set off a week ago, rowing 2 hours on and 2 off, pretty brutal but the body can put up with a lot and got into a routine fairly quickly. Had to battle some big seas, strong winds and currents, but got to Fury point on prince regent inlet yesterday and finally had to drop anchor and are waiting for favourable conditions to continue. Seen a polar bear about 80m away, belugas and bowhead whales. Miss family, good food and even the sheep but such a privilege to be here.

 

[Bootneck]

 

[The Coaching Farm Manager]

We set off a week ago, rowing 2 hours on and 2 off, pretty brutal but the body can put up with a lot and got into a routine fairly quickly. Had to battle some big seas, strong winds and currents, but got to Fury point on prince regent inlet yesterday and finally had to drop anchor and are waiting for favourable conditions to continue. Seen a polar bear about 80m away, belugas and bowhead whales. Miss family, good food and even the sheep but such a privilege to be here.

Amazing, anymore updates?

 

[farmerm]

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Is that weapon in case of encounters with Bears or with Russians?

 

[Bootneck]

forgot to update...we rowed just over 1000 miles but had to stop in Cambridge Bay as the weather turned against us and we started suffering badly from the cold. the expedition leader is looking for more crew to continue the journey this summer, not sure if I will be able to leave the farm for that long again!