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Aboard Dogbark, we traverse from Seattle to Greenland over the top of Canada.

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The Bering Sea

By halcyon

August 15, 2018

(I recognize this post is a bit overdue. Now that we are navigating through ice, the Bering Sea feels like another lifetime. But internet is sporadic, and so I’m a bit behind in posting.)

If you would have asked me ten years ago – or five years ago, or even…

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the sisters making a run to the dump — VIEW POST
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Pounding through Preparations

By halcyon

August 2, 2018

This article appeared in 48 North last month, so it’s a little bit out of order now – but I thought I’d share how those final weeks of preparation felt.

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Like so many of life’s greatest adventures, this journey started with a harebrained idea. From that little seed, the idea…

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Newsworthy

By halcyon

July 30, 2018

DogBark! made the news this weekend. You can watch the story here:

Be sure to notice all of the “courtesy of John Guillote” tributes in the corner – he shot a lot of the included video!

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We had been talking about Sitka for months. It was our first major milestone, the end of the beginning of the journey. As we started north through the inside passage, our focus was on getting to Sitka in time for prescheduled flights and haul outs. And then, suddenly, 21…

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leaving queen charlotte, haida gwaii — VIEW POST
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Should we stay or should we go?

By halcyon

July 20, 2018

Every decision we make comes cloaked with balance and sacrifice. Traveling by sailboat is racked with decisions; tiny choices made each day that can have drastic impacts on our comfort, safety and experience. Will this anchorage offer protection from coming storm winds or accelerate them down its steep hills…

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Live Tracker

By halcyon

July 15, 2018

We have the technology! There’s a map, and it updates DogBark!’s position in real time, along with our speed and recent track. Just click on the photo below to be taken to our very own special tracking page.
You’re welcome, Dad.

Also, have you checked out saildogbark.com recently? Talia and Savai have…

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haida gwaii waterfall hike — VIEW POST
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Bushwhack

By halcyon

July 13, 2018

The rain lashed at the windows with fury, but I didn’t mind. We were hunkered down in the very back of the aptly name Crescent Cove, well prepared for the 35-knot storm now seething overhead. The small steep inlet shielded us from the winds that tormented the tree tops…

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It got cold today

By halcyon

July 9, 2018

It got cold today. It was after a fresh caught dinner of rockfish ceviche and ling cod tacos on DogBark!, tucked into the back of Ikeda Cove, on the southern end of Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii. As we dinghied across the bay in the mild twilight of 10:00pm,…

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Islands of the People

By halcyon

June 25, 2018

When people ask what we are doing this summer, I answer, “going through the Northwest Passage”. But that statement, said in passing to satisfy the momentary curiosity of the asker, does not do justice to what amounts to nearly half the mileage of the journey: out of the Puget…

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Port Townsend departure for northwest passage — VIEW POST
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4 boats, 14 people, 3 generations, 2 dogs, a cat and a parakeet

By halcyon

June 17, 2018

The leaving part is never easy. By the time you’re untying the lines, you’ve concisely described the anticipated journey so many times and answered so many questions, that it no longer feels real, but just a story you tell. There are still a thousand details running through your head;…

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John and Becca Guillote

John is the photographer. He portrays the layers of history, emotion, spirit and culture in each moment through his application of light, perspective, and detail. He also takes pictures.

Becca is the writer. She tells vivid stories of authentic moments, highlighting the beautiful, dangerous, dramatic and hilarious with grammatically correct sentences and her tongue held firmly by her cheek.