25/07/2024 -17h AT Position 68°20N 166°44W - Mouillage - Vent N 10 kts - Ciel nuageux, pluie.
Arrived this noon at the anchorage in Point Hope to wait out 48 hours of northerly winds.
First ice last night, we skirted along an ice tongue that stretched from Russia to the longitude of Port Hope.
The ice remains quite compact along the N coast of Alaska.
Walk ashore this afternoon among the Inupiats.