Expedition archive
Arctic Quest 1832
The 2004 return to Boothia with a team from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, searching for the remains of the Victory.
15 dispatchesThe Expedition Archive
Five expeditions and their dispatches, first published on this domain by the adventurer Dom Mee between 2001 and 2007: a rowing attempt across the North Pacific, two journeys into the Canadian high Arctic, a kite-powered Atlantic crossing and an Atlantic rowing race. They are kept here in the magazine's design; dommee.co.uk is an independent magazine and is not affiliated with him.
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Kite Quest 200
The 2005 attempt to cross the North Atlantic from Newfoundland in a kite-powered boat, through the hurricane season.
23 dispatches
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Arctic Quest 1831
A solo folding-kayak journey in the high Arctic in 2003, following the route of Sir John Ross to the magnetic north pole.
8 dispatches
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Atlantic Quest 2007
A four-man ocean rowing crew racing the Atlantic record from the Canary Islands to Barbados.
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Pacific Odyssey 2001
A two-man attempt to row unsupported across the North Pacific from Japan towards America, ended after 136 days.
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About Dom Mee
The biography that was published on this domain: the Royal Marines, ocean rowing, the Arctic and the kite boat.
The history behind the expeditions
Exploration
Polar
Northwest Passage Explained
From centuries-old dreams of a short cut to Asia to Amundsen's little sloop Gjøa, the story of the Arctic sea route through Canada.
3 min read
Exploration
Sir John Ross's Victory
A private steamer, a gin distiller's money and four winters on Boothia: how Ross's crew lost their ship yet came home with a new map.
3 min read
Exploration
Franklin Expedition Explained
In 1845 two Royal Navy ships sailed for the Northwest Passage and never came home; this is what the evidence now tells us.
3 min read
Exploration
First Atlantic Rowing Crossing
Two Norwegian-American fishermen crossed the Atlantic under oars in 1896, seventy years before ocean rowing became a sport.
2 min read
Ocean
Atlantic Rowing Crossing Times
From the trade-wind run to Antigua to the colder route east, what sets the length of an ocean row across the Atlantic.
3 min read
Ocean
Kitesurfing Lessons for Beginners
From flying a trainer kite on the beach to riding upwind, the stages every beginner goes through and how long each usually takes.
2 min read