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Kaushik Patowary Dec 16, 2020 1 comments 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 Lindho...

Like this before. you can really taste the meat. >> yeah. >> now is this a whale that you caught? >> the whale that we were blessed with last fall. the way we look at whaling is we don't go out and catch the whale, we're blessed with it by god. a whale will offer itself to a captain or a crew that knows will take care of it by sharing it with everybody in the community. especially the ones that aren't able to hunt for themselves. and so it's a really spiritual -- spiritual thing. >> in the lower 48 a lot of people have no idea about any of this and when they hear the word whaling they have neg...

You have the good fortune despite everything that you still can hold on to your traditions. >> and that's why it makes it so important. barrow's a melting pot. there are people who'd rather watch tv shows. >> hey, now what's so wrong with tv shows? >> and emulate what they see on tv. if you were in the city you could live like that, you could do that. but to do that here and succeed is going to be difficult. you know? but there are a lot of people who think like i do, who want to see this culture succeed, want to see the kids out there whaling and doing what the elders want us to do. we're all...

This is ridiculous. it's so cold. >> how long have you lived in barrow? >> this is my home. i was raised there. and i choose to live here. >> i like you say i choose to live here. ignorant people like this guy come into this town and go, how do people do it? >> my mother and my father did it. and my grandparents did it. and so i'm doing it. >> so does the cold bother you? >> no. this is balmy weather. i'm wearing my shorts. >> you're wearing shorts. >> it's life in the arctic. you've got to be tough. or you've got to be crazy. okay? >> so your name's mike schultz. >> absolutely. >> and how lon...

Okay. oh. >> we're going to go over this drift. >> what are the odds we survive? >> it's not survive. it's don't tip over. >> oh, okay. we both have different goals. good thing i got my life insurance renewed for active stupid. >> we're good. >> you're good. i on the other hand am going to have to get my long underwear dry cleaned. >> we're going to keep our eye out for any paw prints going across the road. >> we haven't seen a bear yet but this could be a spot where a bear could be. >> yeah, he could be sleeping behind there. >> oh, good. >> i've explained to my children, don't shoot the bear...