Scenes from the northernmost of passages
Morgan Peissel, Nicolas Peissel, and Edvin Buregren stood on the ice in the McClure Strait in front of their sailboat, the Belzebub II.
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The crew saw polar bears and narwhals as they navigated the icy waters at the top of the world.
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The three men crewing the Belzebub II were the first sailors known to have sailed the Northwest Passage via the McClure Straight.
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Only a handful of other ships have ever been through the McClure, and none of them went on to make the Northwest Passage.
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The crew's 31-foot fiberglass boat made it through the strait when the pack ice shifted during a 36-hour window.
Morgan Peissel
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By the time the sailors made it through, the pack ice had already closed up behind them.
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