The year that Arctic Row rowed across the Arctic Ocean we witnessed the lowest ice cap in recent history. And the trend predicts more melt to come. The Arctic, the roughly 8 percent of the earth above latitude 66º 33′ north, is warming faster than many climate scientists expected—at nearly twice the rate of the …
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Launching the Lifthrasir Rowboat
Last night we launched the refurbished Lifthrasir rowboat into the flat evening waters of the San Francisco Bay. The Lifthrasir had been in the boat shop since April for a strip, overhaul, and varnish. The launch happened after 3 hours of last-minute touch-up and assembly work by 20 members of the Dolphin Club Rowing Club, including my …
Sunday SF Chronicle
I went rowing this weekend to watch the Blue Angels and the America’s Cup sailing race. The SF Chronicle was out on the town, snapped a picture, asked my name, and put Tenzing and me in the Sunday print and online edition. Thankfully the “spills” on the headline is in reference to one of the …
Back from rowing 1000 miles across the Arctic
In July I left to row across the Arctic Ocean. I ended up spending 41 days in a rowboat at sea without touching land once. We rowed 1000 miles from Inuvik Canada to Point Hope Alaska. Along the journey we collected plankton samples to predict future whale migrations, saw a polar bear and her cub, …
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Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than 2007
This week the pack ice extent was lower than 2007, the previously lowest year in history. There’s even a nice graph (below). There’s two sides of this, here’s how I view each side: Liberals love this graph. They print it, shove it in their leather briefcases, drive their V6’s to their corner java shop and …
Arctic Row on WGN Chicago News
Meeting Roz Savage
I met the most prominent rower in the world today, Roz Savage. She’s the only woman to row across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, all solo. She wrote a book about her Atlantic Crossing. She was in San Francisco this week to prepare her boat to row across the Atlantic. She was super kind, …
Arctic Row Mentioned In New York Times Today
Link to article about Arctic Row’s scientific work with University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Tallest Bar In The World
I just had drinks at the tallest bar in the world, 1601 feet high. Ozone, 118TH Floor, Ritz Carleton, Hong Kong.
Beautiful Time Lapse Images Over The Canary Islands
via [The Adventure Blog]