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Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2020
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Ships aren’t meant to sink, but sometimes you have to wonder what miraculous forces kept a vessel afloat. The
SS Baychimo was such a ship. For nearly four decades after it was abandoned, this 1,300-ton cargo ship sailed the Arctic without fuel or crew, until it disappeared just over fifty years ago, but some believe she is still out there drifting among the frozen icebergs.
SS Baychimo was launched in 1914, originally as
Ångermanelfven, after one of Sweden’s longest rivers, Ångerman. She was designed and built by the Swedish shipbuilders Lindholmens for a German company based in Hamburg. The vessel had a steel hull 230 feet long, and was powered by a triple expansion steam engine. She was also outfitted with schooner rigging.
Excerpt from Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes
Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes seeks to provide a fresh view on Cook s legacy from a North American perspective.
December 15, 2020
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, cartographer and navigator whose legacy lies soundly in his exploration of the Pacific Ocean. However, many of Cook s accomplishments are tied to North America, in the polar region.
Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes, a new book from David L. Nicandri, seeks to provide a fresh view on Cook s legacy from a North American perspective.
Read an excerpt below: