Route Map   Weather Map   Daily Journal         Q & A   Special Reports   Education Section           The Game		Lords of the flies Log Date: July 15, 1998 Author: John Gardner Lat/Lon: 66.38.9 N 53.32.5 W Location: at anchor Course: hopefully NORTH Speed: we did ONE knot Weather: clear, sunny, beautiful Sightings: mosquitoes, black flies Click on the pictures below to view enlargements The only breeze is coming from my Thermarest as I roll my sleeping bag up - the mosquitoes have driven me out. We are eager to go anywhere, anything is preferred to sitting at the town dock (Itilleq) swatting bugs. The chorus of yelping sled dogs reminds us we are north of the Arctic Circle. Head nets are donned for our morning row companions - black flies. A comfortable pace was set, four miles in four hours using four oars for 20-minute sets, while Hodding played with the computer and Doug and Homer alternately prepared breakfast - "Goat Squeal" - John A.'s favorite.   Map from Microsoft® Encarta® Virtual Globe reproduced by permission from Microsoft Corporation. 1998 Microsoft Corporation, all rights reserved. Near Itilleq, headed for Sisimiut Our morning row with black flies   About this time we received a slight headwind, which was enough to blow the bugs away and give us one of the best days yet! But no sailing, because the wind continued to pick up from the north. We soon anchored in the lee of an island and a shore party went to explore. The kayaks came out, and even a few boat projects were done. The generator has been on all day, as we are having problems with our batteries. We are looking forward to Sisimiut, when we can fix the problems and store the #$%@&! generator. That's all for now - if I can relate anything you might be interested in up here, please let me know. A happy captain (Terry). John Abbott took care of a potential chafe problem aloft and gets next dibs on the kayak.   Top of page