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The best part is that a local hunter found the boat six years ago. That's awesome.
"Given the location of the find [in Terror Bay]" I tried hunting around online to find out how Terror Bay got its name after I saw this article on another site last night, but I couldn't find anything. Makes you kind of wonder whether the location of the wreck was known at some point, but nobody bothered to write it down.
A 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-can…
My favourite so far has been Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage about Shakleton's semi-doomed voyage to Antarctica where they survived an entire winter after their boat got stranded in ice. Mostly by eating seals... and their sled dogs at one point.
https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfr...
That is a fascinating possibility.
btw title should be amended "found by European explorers". Or change the date to 162 years, since it was discovered by an Inuit gentleman six years earlier?
There'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.
A 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-can…
Thanks for the link. I love reading books about early adventurers who first explored our planet. My favourite so far has been Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage about Shakleton's semi-doomed voyage to Antarctica where they survived an entire winter after their boat got stranded in ice. Mostly by eating seals... and their sled dogs at one point. https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfr...
https://www.damninteresting.com/andree-and-the-aeronauts-voy...
The best part is that a local hunter found the boat six years ago. That's awesome.
"Given the location of the find [in Terror Bay]" I tried hunting around online to find out how Terror Bay got its name after I saw this article on another site last night, but I couldn't find anything. Makes you kind of wonder whether the location of the wreck was known at some point, but nobody bothered to write it down.
The best part is that a local hunter found the boat six years ago. That's awesome.
"Given the location of the find [in Terror Bay]" I tried hunting around online to find out how Terror Bay got its name after I saw this article on another site last night, but I couldn't find anything. Makes you kind of wonder whether the location of the wreck was known at some point, but nobody bothered to write it down.
"If you could lift this boat out of the water, and pump the water out, it would probably float.” That is a fascinating possibility. btw title should be amended "found by European explorers". Or change the date to 162 years, since it was discovered by an Inuit gentleman six years earlier?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
It is worth a trip to Stockholm to see the Vasa. The photos on Wikipedia do not do her justice.
"If you could lift this boat out of the water, and pump the water out, it would probably float.” That is a fascinating possibility. btw title should be amended "found by European explorers". Or change the date to 162 years, since it was discovered by an Inuit gentleman six years earlier?
There is some precedent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship) It is worth a trip to Stockholm to see the Vasa. The photos on Wikipedia do not do her justice.