[Paddlewise] Seakayaking in Antarctica - Pitaraks

From: Alex Ferguson <a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:13:36 +1200
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:18:10 -0300
>From: Fernando =?UNKNOWN?Q?L=F3pez?= Arbarello <uktkayak_at_uol.com.ar>

>Just happen to discover this web site about a seakayak expedition to
>Antarctica. I found it very interesting. As I can read both paddlers ( Wade
>Fairley and Angus Finney ) are from Auckland, Australia, and paddled
Pitaraks.
>There´s information about all the equipement they´ve used, including
clothing.

Auckland isn't in Australia (yet).

I wondered why their fully loaded kayaks felt tippy, that's the time mine
actually feels stable?

The other trips he mentions down there, the second one, a commercial
venture, organised by Australians on a Russian ship - we had one of the
paddlers talking to us recently at our club meeting. They used doubles,
Prijon Odyseas (sp). Their paddling area was the west side of the Antarctic
Peninsula.

Did I miss it or was there no date for Wade's expedition?

Alex
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Alex (Sandy) Ferguson
Chemistry Department
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
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