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Article: Chapter 6.
- Article from:
- Coast Guard Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not
only plan, but also believe."
--Anatole France
The 300-mile voyage from Queen Maud Gulf to Bellot Strait was free of the perils that had thus far accompanied the expedition. Ice had moved out and "we just kind of sailed up there," remembered Loback. A survey around the southeast corner of King William Island provided a navigational track through Rae Strait, James Ross Strait, and Franklin Strait all the way to the approaches of Bellot Strait. Waiting for the American convoy at the western approaches of Bellot Strait on the morning of Sept. 3 was the Canadian icebreaker HMCS Labrador, which ...