Ellesmere

Germain Tremblay looks out at the sea ice early in the morning

(Post 2 of 2) Ice Pilot Germain Tremblay stands on the bridge of the National Geographic Explorer at 2 a.m. We are southbound, approaching Hell Gate, and looking for a safe passage out to southern Ellesmere Island. “It’s going well,” he says. “Look to the horizon and you see how it is black? Black is…