Umiak Sailing and Mountaineering Expedition East Greenland July-August 2018 Giles Waterhouse [email protected] CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Background ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Reading this report ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Team members ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Mike Jaques ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Ian Fawcett ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Rod Duncan........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Ashley Harris ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Olly Young ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Giles Waterhouse ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Planning and logistics ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Maps and charts ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Communications ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Permission and insurance ................................................................................................................................................. 8 The yacht ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Fuel and water ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Food and cooking ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Other yacht prep ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Anchoring and mooring ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Ice navigation .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Shoreside operations ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Shore barrel ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Bear protection ................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Dinghy ................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Terrain and conditions .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Equipment ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Wildlife ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Expedition Diary ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Tasillaq ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Sermiliaq ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Storo Island ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Ilivitiariq .............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Kap Warming area .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Kap Warming Island .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Kap Warming area snowshoe ................................................................................................................................... 20 Kap Boswell area ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 Shoreside ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Polaric Peak .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Boswell Pyramid ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Ittoqquormitt ..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Nordvestfjord .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 East Renland Traverse ................................................................................................................................................. 27 Skillebugt ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Myddebugt Anchorage ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Kolding Fjord ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Sandbach Halvo .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Heywood Bjerge - Knife Ridge .................................................................................................................................. 32 ‘Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush’ ................................................................................................................................. 33 Tvoersund .......................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Tvoersund Mainland (If Carlsberg Did Mountains) ................................................................................................ 36 Trekanten Central ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 Kong Oscar Fjord ............................................................................................................................................................