Jim Carrier // Sailing Journalist

Jim Carrier // Sailing Journalist

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Mia & Andy // 2025 Year-In-Review (Only 3 Months Late!)

Mia and Andy sit down in the new Mission Control to review the year that was 2025! And we're only 3 months late in doing it! Each year Mia & Andy like to record a podcast in which we reflect on the past year and share some stories. So much happens over the course a year with us a ...  Show more

Ben Soofer // Making a career in sailing

Ben Soofer joined 59 North back in 2018, working with media and on the backend of this very podcast. He then started sailing as a mate, including joining August on his first offshore passage on Isbjørn. He's then gone on to start his own business, and working with many others. Au ...  Show more

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