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Article: Chapter 1.
- Article from:
- Coast Guard Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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"We shall never cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first
time."
--T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
On the morning of Sept. 6, 1957, the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Spar reached the eastern side of Bellot Strait. Lt. Charles V. Cowing, Spar's young skipper, had a moment to write a special entry into the vessel's log.
1320: Arrived eastern point Bellot Strait having completed transit of Bellot Strait and the Northwest Passage in company with CGC Storis (WAG 38) and CGC Bramble (WAGL 402) and the HMCS Labrador. 109 days out of Bristol, Rhode Island.
Perhaps at this moment ...