After some seven moths or so, Capt. Ella Hibbert has returned to the tiny Pribilof island of St. Paul (population, 413) in the Bering Sea and has reunited with her sailboat, the Yeva. Once she gets her ship back into operating condition and out of dry dock, she will resume her solo voyage around the Arctic Ocean, sailing across the northern coast of Russia, over Scandanavia, and on to her original starting point east of Iceland.
It will be the first known solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle in a sailboat. Completion of the voyage was delayed last year due to a combination of bad weather, malfunctioning navigation equipment, and a grounding off the North Slope of Alaska.
Bon voyage, Captain! We look forward to tracking your progress again here.
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