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9:25 PM Sun 1 Aug 2010 GMT

'Young Larry - well set up for such a journey' .

It's summer again in the cold Arctic and the expected group of sailing adventurers are off to see if they can transit the once dreaded Northwest Passage. No-one knows in advance just what sort of ice-free summer it will be, but in 2009, the brave yachts that tried it found much more ice than in 2008, when it was relatively ice free by mid-summer. Here are the ones we know about, and will be reporting on as they sail: East to West: From east to west there are five yachts: Ariel IV, a 50 ft steel maxi sloop, from Sweden, ...

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