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EQUIPMENT LIST

 

 

 

24 / 10 / 00

 

 

 

Ice-Gear                                             Source                                        

 

Ice-Chisel                                                                                                        

 

Chain-Saw 36 inch                  

 

Ice Poles                                  2 No 4”x4” with spike 12ft                              

 

Diving Gear. Separate List        

 

Ice Anchors                              3 No Spikes. 1 metre                                       

 

12 G. Shotgun to number          Pump Action with single-slug rounds                 

 

Flares                                                                                                               

 

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

SSB     Radio   Icom IC-728                                                                        

 

Emergency Antenna                                                                                          

 

VHF   Fixed                                                                                                     

 

Hand-Held                                                                                                       

 

Email  via Winlink 2000                                                                                

 

Toshiba Sat Pro Lap Top                                                                                             

 

 

 

NAVIGATION

 

Charts Greenland   West Coast Have most, check                                          

 

Canada.  Lancaster to Pt.Barrow                                                           

 

Alaska to Vancouver                                                                                       

 

 

 

 

SAILING DIRECTIONS                 

 

                                                            Admiralty                                             

                                                           

                                                            Canadian 3 Volumes                            

 

Maps Greenland.  Set  1:50,000                                                                       

 

Canada        ?                                                                                                

 

Compass 4 in                                                                                                   

 

Pocket                                                 3 Silva                                                  

 

Sextant & Tables / Almanac                  Maybe, bring                                        

 

Trailing Log                                          Ditto

 

GPS  Fixed                                          Garmin 128                                          

Handheld                                  2 no. with Batteries.  See List                

 

Radar  JRC 1500                                 USA buy                                              

 

 

 

 

EMERGENCY

 

 

LIFERAFT  8 man                                                                                           

 

Grab Bags                                            See contents List. 100 man-days          

                                                            Food & Water

 

EPIRB                                                                                                            

                                                            406 Mz.  Jotrun                                    

 

Tents.                                                                                                               

 

Camping / Walk-out                             Do List                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTHABOUT

STORES LIST

 

24 / 10 / 00

 

 

Notes

 

1.-        Distinction is made between good on-board Food, in good conditions and Rations.

            Rations are for: Emergency Use, if Time over-runs

                                                Emergency Walk-Out

 

2.-        We need Food for        8 men   for        3 months          year one

                                                4 men   for        2 months          year two

                                                4 men   for        2 months          year three

 

3.-        We need Rations for 8 men for 2 weeks.

                           Dried, etc. ½ Kg/day

 

4.-        We assume that we can’t get or can’t afford food in Greenland or the Canadian / Alaskan Arctic.

            Purchases may be made on a personal basis.

 

5.-        The underlying quantums are

                        1 Kg /  Man / day

                        2 Litres of Water / Man / day

 

6.-        All non-degradable thrash will be brought out.

            e.g. Plastics, Bottles, Cans

 

7.-        Food Weight, from above quantums, is

 

                        1,200   Man-Day         Food    (1,200 Kg)

                           112   Man-Day         Rations (56 Kg)

 

 

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