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MAE WEST CHALLENGE GOES ARCTIC

The Mae West will make an attempt to circumnavigate the North Pole, by sailing through both the North East Passage and the North West Passage.

 

WILLIWAW MEMORIAL EXPEDITION

With sail yacht Williwaw, under the Dutch flag, Willy de Roos sailed In 1977 the North West Passage. The Mae West is almost identical to the Williwaw, will try sailing the NW Passage 40 years later. We carry the Willy de Roos story with us and will keep it opened next to todays reality.

ROUTE

LEG 1 - ATLANTIC OCEAN
Started in July 2017 from Svalbard to Greenland

LEG 2 - WILLIWAW MEMORIAL EXPEDITION
North West Passage 2022

LEG 3 - NORTH EAST PASSAGE
from Alaska to Svalbard 2023

CLIMATE CHANGE may bring more sailing difficulties.

The ice mass on the Arctic is under threat. During the record low there is still a lot of ice, 8 million square kilometers, floating around the Pole. The Polar ice has grown less thick and as it may break up earlier, the Arctic sailing routes may get choked with ice chunks more than ever before. The Mae West may meet its limits.
The expedition, sends observations and 'progress reports' to the civilised world.