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Land of the Midnight SunVoyage No. 1134
20th July - 4th August 1998

Record of QUEEN ELIZABETH 2's first contact with

THE ARCTIC ICE FLOW

on
Sunday, 26th July 1998

The following information was recorded in the ship's log:
The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 encountered the ice flow in position

Latitude 77 05'N
Longitude 12 57.2'E

The ice flow consisted of moderate to large growlers,
open ice and very open ice and covered an estimated 80 square miles.
The ice was first sighted at 1610 hrs, 20.4 nautical miles west of Spitzbergen.
The ship's speed was reduced from 30 knots to between 1 and 3 knots
until the ship was clear at 2316 hrs.

Captain R.W. Warwick
Master, Queen Elizabeth 2