Aug 07, 2000Today's Plan
The next day, we steam across Norton Sound, bound for the Bering Strait. I prepare a forecast for our passage from Bering Strait, across the Chukchi Sea, up to Barrow.
North of the Bering Strait, there are few locations that offer a shelter for a ship in heavy seas. Our biggest threat is lows travelling west-to-east along the north shore of Russia. With a fetch that stretches from the north coast of Siberia to the western coast of Alaska, these systems can kick up large seas. If conditions look poor, we'll stop at Port Clarence and wait for the weather to pass.