Since the telephone was invented in the late nineteenth century, there has been a
steady development of telephone servIces, and the number of subscribers has con-
tinuously increased. One of the most revolutionary developments in telephone serv-
Ice in the late twentieth century was the introduction of the cellular variety of
mobile phone servIces.
We were on the lookout for Ice.
I was in a 32 foot sailing yacht with writer and explorer Tristan Gooley, undertaking a
double-handed sail from Scotland through the Faroes up to 66 33 45.7 N and the midnight
sun. Now sailing out of the Arctic Circle we were approaching Iceland from the north, heading
for the Denmark Straits, where Ice flowed south. The Admiralty Pilot warned of bergs but the
Ice charts we had sailed with were over a week old. We needed an update.
