"The owner has always had an interest in history, especially the North West Passage – one of his big heroes was Shackleton, and this had been discussed and planned for probably over ten years. Really it’s the fulfilment of a long held desire to go up there,” reports David ‘Hutch’ Hutchison, captain of Rosehearty.
Rosehearty left Newport, Rhode Island on 1 July last summer, heading north to Nuuk, on south-west Greenland, exploring the fjords and Kangia Glacier. They then crossed Baffin Bay to the Canadian archipelago, sailing through Pond Inlet and north to Beechey Island and Resolute Bay, then through the Bellot Straits as far west as Fort Ross, before retracing their steps to Greenland and south.
Besides the owner, eight guests and crew, Rosehearty was joined aboard by additional…