Cape Farewell Greenland Voyage 2007

Leading lights, Liam Frost.
(Recorded on October 5th on the Blosseville Coast, Greenland. Duration: 4:41mins)

Shipwrecks, Liam Frost.
(Recorded on October 3rd on the bowsprit of the Noorderlicht in Turner Sound, Greenland. Duration: 3:50mins)

Watch the full version of the song recorded on the 25th September by a cabin-bound Liam Frost, at the beginning of that long sail across the Greenland Sea – complete with crashing plates in the background (duration: 3:57 mins).
Watch a short interview with Liam from the 25th September »

Address climate change now or face horrors like this every day of your life.

(Photos:Carol Cotterill)

Hello to everybody back at home! Sorry I haven’t been in touch so far, but I’ve been struck down pretty bad by the seasickness. The ocean has been really rough for the last few days, and a lot of people on this boat seem to have been stripped right down to their most basic survival skills. Even putting on boots to go outside has been a really hard job. A lot of us seem to be more or less in bed all the time.

Today I had to leave my watch because I needed to vomit, but was asked to help lower a sail before I left…it’s still pretty choppy out at sea, and Beth (who I share my watch with, along with Dallas and Nick) and I had a lot of trouble completing this task. Beth fell down and got soaked by a wave, and I took a bit of a smack to the side of the head. I came back in, made a sick, and had a little nap. Nice.

My days seem to have consisted mostly of trying to wake up in time for my watch; remembering to eat; trying not to throw up; and drinking plenty of water so I don’t get dehydrated. So far I’m failing on most fronts, which is a shame because the food is really great on here. I am remembering to drink water though, so that’s something at least. I’m keeping a smiling face about it all, and seem to be cracking a lot of bad jokes, so it can’t be that bad! Been doing an awful lot of slipping around the cabin. I think I damn near broke my coccyx yesterday slipping across the floor into a table.

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Interview and music with a cabin-bound Liam, at the beginning of the LONG sail across the Greenland Sea (duration: 46 secs). Use the link below to watch a clip of the full song (posted once we were safely back on dry land).
Watch a clip of the full song »