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Greenland Tourism's Project Leif 2000
Crew takes emotional inventory near journey's end
Recently, a reporter asked Snorri's crew, "Can you describe the crew's emotions and thoughts now as you near completion of the voyage? What is going through your minds?" Here are their responses:
Dean Plager: I feel mixed. I'm anxious to get home but I don't want the trip to be over.
Terry Moore: I'm ready for this journey to be over because all journeys from one point to another have to be over at some point. But I loathe giving up the unique perspective on the world that this boat affords us - or sometimes forces on us.
W. Hodding Carter: God, I feel elated, nervous and sad, all at the same time. In some ways, I'm more worried now about something happening to us or the boat than ever before. I feel such pride in our captain and crew that it overwhelms me at times. We were all tested this summer and we've come out the better. I don't think any of us knew how affecting this voyage would be. It will be extremely hard to give it up but I have the best wife in the world to return to. I feel very lucky.
John Abbott: (He says he feels it is too big and fresh to get his arms around the thought of our journey being over.)
Rob Stevens: I'm not looking forward to it. I'm enjoying this quite a bit, and whatever I'm going home to will always be there - boatbuilding and boat repairing and messing around in diners - those things will always be there. This is fun.
John Gardner: I have mixed emotions - I want the trip to last, but I'm anxious to get back at the same time.
Erik Larsen: Well, it's strange because we're in it now and I could go on for much longer. I'll be sad when it's all over. I don't want to think about that. Living in this moment is too great.
Homer Williams: I don't know what I'm going to do next summer. I haven't really thought about it.
Doug Cabot: People keep talking about this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but I don't think, having done it, that I'm going to be able to settle for much less than this for very long. It has spoiled me.
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