| Title: | SAILING |
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| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
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Anyone catch "polar passage" on public TV last night? it is
the story of two Canadiana who make the first sail-only crossing
of the North West passage.
They had a video cam for the last 800 KM. The pictures are
great, as is the story. They took 3 years to complete the sail as
they only got 30 days a year to pull it off. They used a Hobie 18
as it can be pulled over the ice whenever they were blocked in.
There are some great live scenes of their pan (hunk of ice one
calls terra-firma when there is no land) breaking up during a storm
and a feirce wind storm they hit crossing a 20 mile section of
open ocean.
Really well worth watching.
john
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| 1216.1 | CHRCHL::GERMAIN | Down to the Sea in Ships | Tue May 23 1989 12:33 | 6 | |
I didn't see the tv show, but there was an article in the National
Geographic. Quite an amazing feat.
Gregg
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| 1216.2 | brrrrr ... | BOOKS::BAILEYB | too much of everything is just enuff | Tue May 23 1989 15:57 | 6 |
Yeah, I read the Nat Geo article this past week too. Incredible
photography (typically N.G. quality). Excellent read.
... Bob
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| 1216.3 | on again? | SMURF::LANZA | Wed May 24 1989 16:10 | 2 | |
Do you know if it's scheduled to be shown again? | |||||