Crew Log 65 - Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

For the moment, however, things are stationary, and just fine. We've taken the opportunity here in Cambridge Bay to catch up on sleep, laundry and email; to wolf a hot restaurant breakfast or two; and to reacquaint ourselves with the underrated joys of indoor plumbing, particularly lengthy, hot showers. A couple of weeks at sea, even in as well appointed a boat as Ocean Watch, truly offers fresh perspectives on the truly important things in life.
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Baloum Gwen arrived a few hours after Fleur Australe, and it was obviously very good news for all of us that a boat has made it through coming in from the east of us - our next, quite immediate obstacle - which is currently invested with the heaviest concentrations of ice in recent years. We asked Philou about his passage down Peel Sound, and he stopped smiling.

"We have pushed a lot of ice," he said.

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