Don's Blog Across Lancaster Sound

Sailing north out of Pond Inlet we went through Navy Board Inlet  between Bylot Island and the Borden Peninsula of Baffin Island to Lancaster Sound. 

Bylot Island is covered with snow capped mountains with a 
large glacier in the center. 

As the ice calves off it creates interesting navigational challenges. 

For arctic voyages, ships then and now have an officer called the Ice Captain who takes over the ship in problematic ice. The Ice Captain with the binoculars has charge of the ship.

Lancaster Sound is the most famous thoroughfare into the Canadian Archipelago from Baffin Bay used by British arctic explorers. It  was named by explorer William Baffin in 1616 for Sir James Lancaster one of his financial supporters. The Inuit have relied on the Sounds natural resources for food, clothing and shelter for

thousands of years.