Carbondale Library Participants' Boat Found in Iceland

Hildur Yr Omarsdottier family and friends on the coast in Iceland

A wooden boat that originated in Carbondale, Colorado, #223124 was found in Geitavík in Borgarfjörður Eystri, Iceland by Hildur Yr Omarsdottir on November 15th.

Wild Rose Education's Sarah Johnson (co-coordinator of Float Your Boat) facilitated an Arctic Science community program in March 2022 at the Carbondale Library. And it was during this program that her friends, Jake and Krista Lasko’s family (two pre-teen boys) participated and decorated a boat. This particular boat were generously cut and sanded by Carbondale, Colorado friend and community member, Russ Criswell. 

Boat Number	223124
Date Found	November 15, 2024
Place Found	Found in Geitavík in Borgarfjörður Eystri, Iceland 65.5412211, -13.8158397
Found By	Hildur Yr Omarsdottir
Date Deployed	August 17, 2023
Who Deployed	​Le Commandant Charcot
Deployment Location	North Pole 89°59,4504'N 085°51,4796'E
Track Taken	North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre through Fram Strait
Decorated by	decorated by Jake and Krista Lasko’s family in Carbondale, Colorado at the Carbondale Library in March 2022

Boat 223124 after its journey from the North Pole to Iceland

Freshly decorated boat before being branded and sent to the North Pole.