Irish crew awaits thaw in Arctic before beginning microplastics research

Paddy Griffin, Peter Owens and Richard Darley with the 13m steel ketch Danú, which they are sailing to Greenland. Pictures: Paddy Griffin  

An Irish yacht on a scientific, sailing, and mountaineering expedition to the Arctic is waiting for an ice thaw currently blocking its destination on the Greenland coast.

The group of independent adventurers on board the 13m (43ft) steel ketch Danú is bound for the world’s largest and deepest fjord system, Scoresby Sound in east Greenland.