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Iced in



                                                         Cimo the proprietor of a grocery store





                                                       Bob contemplating the alcohol situation



                                                                 
                                                                      We often motor





                                                                           A haven




         

                                                                  Passing out of an ice field




                 At Nanortalik we ran into Skip Novak. He is possibly the most experienced saiIor living, with 35 years of high latitude experience, mostly in in the Southern hemisphere. He regularly writes excellent articles on sailing. He is on his way to Thule & Qanaq in the far north, then returns via Baffin Island to Maine, thence to South Africa for refitting, and on to his home base in the Falklands.





                                            Abandoned Danish weather station

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