Braving the Northwest Passage Blog

Braving the Northwest Passage Blog

March 5th, 2010
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Newport-based filmmaker Sprague Theobald of Hole in the Wall Productions will be among special guests honored at the RIIFF’s Night Out at the Oscars event this Sunday March 7, 2010. Newport, RI – Notable artists are often too busy to step into the...
January 14th, 2010
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As promised, I’ve a few new announcements regarding the future of The Northwest Passage film and Hole In The Wall Productions in general.  While some of these announcements are still in their infancy and I’m guarding them with cautious optimism...
January 7th, 2010
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Sprague Theobald, an Emmy Award winning filmmaker and founder ofHole in the Wall Productions, is an optimist because he believes the power of education and imagination through film will positively benefit the people of the world. Sprague, a...
December 22nd, 2009
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Arctic Explorer, Boat and Crew to be Spotlight Exhibit at 2010 Seattle Boat Show
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sprague Theobald and his Nordhavn 57 at South Lake Union after 5 month epic journey through Northwest Passage. Seattle – The Seattle Boat Show, Indoors + Afloat, (www.seattleboatshow.com) is pleased to announce that...
December 11th, 2009
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It’s been a little over a month since we landed in Seattle and while things have slowed down for us considerably, we’re not without some great news.  First, the crew: Dominique is aboard Bagan, running the program from Seattle.  Bagan came...
November 13th, 2009
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More Final Thoughts (hopefully there’ll never truly be a final thought).
Since we’ve tied up at Elliott Bay Marina on the 5th,, there’ve been four very exciting events which directly effect Hole In The Wall Productions, all the efforts of this past summer, as well as our future.  As much as I hate to say this (...
November 9th, 2009
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A Few Final Thoughts…
We saw Russia and the U.S. at the same time and came within 900 miles of the North Pole. We visited Greenland and Alaska in the same summer & on the same boat. We saw the water temp go from 70 degrees to 30.5 We dodged icebergs in two major...
November 6th, 2009
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Elliott Bay Marina
Today, at 5:30 PST, we tied up to the docks at Elliot bay Marina, shut down the engine on Bagan, and officially finished what we started out June 16th from Newport, RI to do. We traveled to, transited through and came back from The Northwest...
November 5th, 2009
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For anyone who’s interested, weather permitting, we plan to arrive at Elliot Bay Marina tomorrow November 6, between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m….weather permitting!
October 30th, 2009
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Gale Storm
Since we left Ketchikan we’ve been managing to keep one step, sometimes two steps ahead of some gale force and full gale force winds.  Last night we found an, according to one cruising guide, anchorage that was safe from all winds, a “very...
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