5-Year Plan
2025 is the transitional year. For the past 12 months, I have been considering the pros and cons of extending the ArcticEarth NORTH expedition program beyond its planned timeframe. There were many good reasons to do so: the vessel has benefited from years of optimization for northern expeditioning, the Captain Magnus and Mate Julia (Co-Captain, really!) delivered some exceptional experiences for our range of guests, and we were fully booked -extending a string of 22 expeditions over 5 years that has been offered both in the north and the south. The demand for expeditions north has never been higher. There are a TON of discoveries and experiences in the north.
On the other hand, a future NORTH program of expeditions promises to have its own share of increasing uncertainties from an operational point of view: the old familiar UNEXPECTEDs such as not being able to round Nunap Isua -Cape Farewell- that we ran up against last year, the increasingly confusing political situation between the USA and Greenland, and the realities of having very few windy days within the fjords -which means more carbon-burn than I feel comfortable with on a long-term basis.
Perhaps the biggest factor in extending the plan for the NORTH, though, is the complexity of the effort and the time & cost demands on me personally at this point in my life. I wish to spend less time in front of a screen organizing trips for others, and more time as an owner/captain on a boat with a reduced guest list, in waters I know extremely well but still have lots to learn; the Gulf of Maine (ArcticEarth SOUTH).
In short, it is time to focus on the Arctic + Earth story from the south end of our region of the planet, the northwest Atlantic.
A light 2025 refit of the ArcticEarth in early summer is complete!
A TRANSITION OF VESSELS
In April, I decided to make 2025 the transitional year, rather than wait until the 6th year. Sufficient months have been set aside to find the best home for the Good Hope 56′, a boat optimized for the NORTH. After that, I will seek and setup a smaller NEW vessel for the ArcticEarth SOUTH trips in the future. There are already a couple of 38′ to 44′ boat listings that are very suitable for the Gulf of Maine, which friends and family have sent my way.
If you or anyone you know is looking for an Arctic explorer boat, please send them to our listing broker, Owen Clarke.
Adventurers are checking out the Good Hope 56′ in June.
Gabe Molnar from OGAP swings by to say hello in early July.