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Watkins Expedition East Greenland 2014 pt 2 - update 21 July 2014

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It is now a little under three weeks until I fly to Iceland and then on to Kulusuk on the East coast of Greenland for the start of the expedition to Lake Fjord. This is where Gino Watkins drowned whilst seal hunting from his kayak on the 20th August 1932. Our team leader Martin Rickard Seakayakadventures  has commenced his first trip of this years season and is currently on the West side of Sermilik Fjord. From their position via Spot the team appear to have made excellent progress since leaving Tasiilaq last Friday. I am sending them regular weather and ice updates via sat phone whilst also monitoring their progress on Spot. We have devised our own code for sending these updates and we use the chart below to give information on a number of locations. Numbers 1 to 10 are very much like the numbers of a clock using Angmagssalik Island as its clock face. Number 11 is in Sermilik Fjord near to Martins present location and north of the settlement of Tiniteqilaq which is near to