Sea-Breeze 1899–1972

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Author: Tilman, H. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1973
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Moltke; Baffin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300022852; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300022852

In the summer of 1972 my intention had been to sail up the west coast of Greenland to Baffin Bay (the North Water of whaling days) to land somewhere on the south-east coast of Ellesmere Island and if possible climb a mountain. As the great Von Moltke used to remind his staff, few plans withstand con...