The Tyee - Four-Man Team To Attempt Northwest Passage In Rowboat

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EDIT

Barnett was at the Vancouver Maritime Museum when he took a break from working in the boat, the "Arctic Joule," to give The Tyee some insights about the trip they are about to start.

What's the route for this treacherous journey, and how long will it take?

"We'll drive from Vancouver all the way through B.C., the Yukon, all the way up to the Northwest Territories. We are going to put the boat down in a place called Inuvik, which is in the NWT, and there we are going to paddle down the Mackenzie River for about 150 kilometres and get to the start point, which is called Tuktoyaktuk.

"Tuktoyaktuk is basically a small settlement in the Arctic, up at the top of the NWT near the border of Canada and Alaska. Then we row west to east across the Northwest Passage, ending up in a place called Pond Inlet, which is on the far side of the Northwest Passage by Greenland.

"We estimate approximately 75 days [for the trip]. We're starting at the beginning of July, and by the end of September the ice is going to start to reform and it will get pretty cold, so as soon as the ice is back we are done. It's got to be less than 90 days, so we need to be there by mid-September at the latest."

EDIT

http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/06/20/Row-Northwest-Passage/

[Kolesar]

1. That museum has a Canadian Arctic exploration boat

It has sails, a small diesel engine, and a very round hull that also can "pop out" of an ice floe instead of being crushed. That round hull made for nasty handling on open water and chop.

I think I was at the same place. Kicking it

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2. Cool!

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3. A couple guys in a Hobie cat did it years ago.

Very feasible in a small boat. I wish them luck.