59’56.3N 165’19.8W Course 353′ speed 6,3
What a yell “Whales! Orca Whales!!” it sounded loudly around 15:00 in the afternoon. All those awake rushed outside and all those in their beds quickly got dressed. And it was well worth it! Three Orca’s were first spotted at some distance of the ship. A big male fin was sticking out among the small wind waves and then a somewhat smaller one, and then a tiny one! Almost as small as a dolphin fin. As we got closer, or the orca’s came closer to us, we saw what seemed to be a small family of three, with the little one in the middle. Such a beautiful sight. They played around in front of the bow for a little bit, then came alongside, disappeared to reappear again somewhat in front, just to let us ketch up again.

Other then that, we took down all sails just before dinner. The wind was decreasing for about an hour and where we had been doing a steady 6 knots all afternoon, the speed went down and the flogging of the sails went up. So, all hands to the sheets and engine on.
The weather has been dry all day long, although foggy and when clearing still the clouds would hang very low. We had a little bit of sunshine and were all very excited about that. Hard to imagine that just a month ago we left Hawaii with tropical temperatures!
The ice chart we received from home shows Point Barrow clearing from ice. A good sign for us, so we will keep heading North! This morning we may do a short stop on Nunivak Island, and then possibly St Lawrence island, before visiting Nome. Here we will clear out of America. Ready for the next part of this adventure! We have heard the first ships have started their crossing towards Pond Inlet, on the East coast as well. So the North West Passage thrill is starting to get to us very much!
All well on board, Jet.