Matt Rutherford // Greenland

On the Wind Sailing

Andy Schell

Sports, Wilderness, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 593 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

#124 is Matt Rutherford (again). Matt and Nicole recently returned from another lengthy expedition, this one to the far northern reaches of Greenland in pursuit of scientific research.

Matt & Nicole made it all the way to 78º North, further even than Nasa this summer, and helped chart one of the last areas on earth that's never been surveyed before. We talked about the expedition, the logistics of navigating 24/7 in thick ice, how they anchored and what anchoring hardware they used, the locals, wildlife, carrying rifles ashore and polar bears! Check out his blog on oceanresearchproject.org.

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0:00.0	And when I talk about uncharted, you know, a map will show you, you know, what's on land. A chart will show you what's underwater. So we, there's nothing showing you what's underwater. We use maps. We use these really corny, they're called Viking Saga series. They were like tourist maps. They're like the corniest looking tourist maps. And we use these to navigate because there's no depth.
0:22.4	So you don't, you know, you use maps.
0:24.0	You don't use charts because there is no depths.
0:25.6	So there is no charts.
0:27.6	Hey, welcome to 59 degrees north, a podcast about sailing with your host, Andy Shell.
0:34.6	Enjoy the show.
0:41.1	Good morning and welcome back to 59 degrees north.
0:42.8	I'm your host, Andy Shell.
0:45.7	And this is episode number 124.
0:53.6	This week, we're sponsored again by Sailwright.
0:59.1	I spoke to Sailwright's Matt Grant about getting into Do-It-yourself sewing projects.
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1:35.3	existing equipment, give it a go. Once you decide that the sewing machine is becoming more of
1:40.3	a hindrance than a help, then you buy our alter feet sewing machine, and that'll take
1:44.7	care of the tool issue, and the rest of it, once you get going, it becomes, it's addictive.
1:54.6	Sailwright, equipping you to sew on the water or at home.
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2:02.9	That's S-A-I-L-R-I-T-E.
2:06.0	Sailwright.com.
2:16.0	Cool, so I'm recording this intro from the Nav station on East Bjorn, and we're anchored out in Back Creek, or I should say, rafted in Back Creek, with our friends Lee and Rachel aboard their Tiana 37 Saturi, and another boat, my friends Tom and Darlene, on their Erickson 35 Jubilee.
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