2024 Northwest Passage Expedition: Completed!

After 8537 nautical miles of sailing and over 100 days in the Arctic we finished our journey from Norway to Alaska, successfully transiting the Northwest Passage. The nature we sailed through and our amazing crew made this a truly unique expedition. We encountered breathtaking landscapes and rich biodiversity, but also heatwaves, smoke from forest fires and declining sea ice extent. Our experience was drastically different to that of Roald Amundsen’s in 1906, who’s footsteps we followed closely through the passage. Climate change in the Arctic is happening faster than anywhere in the world, and from being close to impenetrable the nature of the Northwest Passage is changing. Our goal with this expedition was to highlight these changes and collect scientific data to improve our understanding of the processes that make the Arctic so important for our planet.  We are currently sharing the stories of this mission and analysing a unique dataset.

 

To everyone who followed us from home and to the crew of explorers onboard the Abel Tasman – Thank you for being part of this!

 

And for making this expedition possible a special thanks to:

 

Our lead sponsor Mercuria – Their contribution was key to the success of our expedition,

 

Our Science and Impact Partners: The Ocean Race, NatureMetrics, UPC, and the Villars Institute,

 

And for all the support we have received from: Houdini, Shackleton, Villars Institute, Thesus, Ocean Bottle, Parajet, Vittorazi motors, Ozone Paramotor, Sailproof, MSQ/Sustain, The Marine Diaries, and ZeroSixZero.

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For more about this expedition and its mission go to: https://www.oceanscienceexpedition.com/

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