Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
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Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#2There's a fun Dan Simmons book "The Terror" that tells a (very) fictional account of what happened to them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(novel)
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#3There's a fun Dan Simmons book "The Terror" that tells a (very) fictional account of what happened to them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(novel)
I concur that the book is indeed a very entertaining read. It describes the ships (which btw were steam powered and had central heating) and the dreadful conditions that the sailors faced in great detail. Dan Simmons is a good storyteller.
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#4A years back I became fascinated with 19th century Artic exploration through reading Fergus Fleming's excellent book Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy.
I was therefore rather surprised to find that one of the bodies from the Franklin expedition, of Lieutenant John Irving, is buried not far from where I live in central Edinburgh:
http://edinburghwalks.com/2014/11/30/heroism-cannibalism-and...
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#5Isn't there a cruise ship trying to make the northwest passage next year?
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#6The best part is that a local hunter found the boat six years ago. That's awesome.
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#7Isn't there a cruise ship trying to make the northwest passage next year?
It's cleared dramatically as the Arctic sea ice is melting. The wiki has satellite pics, it's pretty dramatic
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#8Isn't there a cruise ship trying to make the northwest passage next year?
It's cleared dramatically as the Arctic sea ice is melting. The wiki has satellite pics, it's pretty dramatic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage
Despite the obvious CO2/warming reasons, wouldn't these research vessels/cruise ships cause more ice melt as well? (Breaking up the ice causing faster melt)
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#9There was an earlier excavation of some of the frozen corpses as well and they were taken to laboratories to be studied. After thawing some of the gut bacteria, some were still alive. One of the scientist was smart enough to experiment with how the old bacteria handled modern antibiotics. Strangely many already had resistance[1]. And this discovery was largely unreported.
Re: Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt
#10Isn't there a cruise ship trying to make the northwest passage next year?
One has already made it this year: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-crystal-serenity-nor...