An alternate approach to very long duration ballooning in the northern hemisphere

A plan to achieve balloon flights of 2 or more weeks in the northern hemisphere is outlined. The results of 21 separate simulations of this flight plan are presented and discussed. The simulations are based on rocketsonde wind observations which were compiled to arrive at a continuous time/altitude depiction of the wind regime over the flight path. Simulated flight durations vary from 3 to 31 days and exhibit a wide variety of trajectory types.