From Greenland I now only had about 15 hours of flying left to complete my circumnavigation. The end was in sight. But it wasn’t going to be easy either! 12 September 2024: Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to Iqaluit, Canada This was meant to be only a short four hour flight but I remained worried about the weather in Iqaluit as they had some low-level fog forecasted in the morning. I waited until late morning to take off…
The last few legs of the trip felt like it went by really fast. With the plane serviced one last time during this circumnavigation, I was ready to cross the Atlantic. My original route had me going to Wick in Scotland – the classic launch point for ferry flights. It also had me crossing Greenland on the more southernly route via Narsarsuaq and Goose Bay. Weather ended up blocking both. 7 September 2024: Troyes, France…
Hurghada was a decent respite from the desert heat and I enjoyed a dip or two in the Red Sea. Interesting is its popularity with Russians – to the extent that the boards in the airport are in English, Arabic and Russian. They really capitalize on the tourism roubles of the Russian middle-class. That said, I was ready to trade Hurghada for the Mediterranean. 30 August 2024: Hurghada Egypt to Heraklion, Crete It was a…
After a few days of rest in Singapore and 10T serviced, I was ready to depart for Thailand. Singapore marked the halfway mark of my trip, and up to this point, I’ve flown 80 hours of the expected 160 hours the trip would take in total. I’d also learned my lesson about not having ground support for long over-ocean flights. 20 August 2024: Singapore to Bangkok Getting out of Singapore is somewhat tricky – as…
With so few circumnavigations at the levels where I fly, it presented a unique opportunity to engage in some exciting science. Dr Dimitri Deheyn leads the Deheyn Lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. He’s also a fellow member of the Explorers Club. As typically happens at the club, we connected at the Annual Dinner this year and hatched together a plan to conduct a unique set of measurements as I flew…
