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The dramatic account of the first circumnavigation
of the North and South American continents by the crew
of Croatian Tern [Hrvatska Cigra], a 65-foot steel ketch
built in Croatia. The yacht officially began its voyage
by completing an east-west transit of the Northwest
Passage-only the fifth boat to do so in a single season.
(Surprisingly, near the halfway point, the ketch encountered
the 27-foot Dove III on its west-east passage.) [See
Arctic
Odyssey.]
From the Gulf of Alaska, Croatian
Tern sailed to Vancouver, Canada where they were warmly
welcomed by a large Croatian population, and where they
wintered over before continuing their southbound route.
Further stops on their journey included the Marquesas,
Pitcairn and Easter islands, and Valparaiso, before
they headed to Cape Horn and across infamous Drake Passage
to Antarctica.
Told with humor and ease, The Arctic
to the Antarctic is not only the account of the two-year
adventure of Croatian Tern, it is also a beautiful photographic
achievement with spectacular photographs, and it well
documented with historical comments and footnotes.
This expedition is even the more remarkable
because author Mladen Sutej envisioned the voyage, enlisted
the crew, raised the funding and oversaw the building
of Arctic Tern-all this while his country was still
at war with Serbia.
About the author:
Mladen Sutej was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1945. He
graduated from the School of Engineering and Shipbuilding
in Zagreb with a degree in thermodynamics and since
1975 has run his own business for the design of thermodynamic
plants. In addition to Croatia, his clients have included
other European countries, principally Germany.
In 1983, Sutej undertook his first
major ocean voyage, crossing the Atlantic solo from
east to west on his 10-meter yacht, HIR 3. For the non-stop
return trip from Miami to Rijeka, Croatia he was joined
by two friends.
In 1988-90, he organized an expedition
to Cape Horn, successfully rounding it before completing
his first circumnavigation of the world. In 1993, he
founded the Croatian Offshore Yachting Club and started
organizing a project called The Croatian Scientific
and Sporting Arctic-Antarctic Expedition for which Croatian
Tern [Hrvatska Cigra] was built. The successful completion
of this voyage around the world in the longitudinal
direction is the subject of Sutej's book From the Arctic
to the Antarctic-Sailing the Edges of the World to be
available in the Fall of 1999.
Sutej, who has written a number of
scientific and technical papers on thermodynamics, air-conditioning,
and heating, is also the author of The Challenge of
the Atlantic, By Yacht Around Cape Horn, and On the
Edges of the World. He lives in Zagreb with his architect
wife, Tatanya, and his daughter.
Featuring:
Nonfiction
160 pages
150 beautiful black & white photographs
maps
6" x 9" format
ISBN 0-938665-65-0
$19.95
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