NORTHABOUT
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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