Posted on 05/01/2014 9:24:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
- Breadalbane sank in 1853 on search for Franklin expedition -
- Wooden three-master is well preserved in icy waters -
Canada has released underwater images of the world's most northernly shipwreck – a three-masted merchant ship that went down 161 years ago after becoming trapped in Arctic ice.
The Canadian Armed Forces and Parks Canada produced the footage over six days, lowering a remotely operated HD camera through a hole in the sea ice, to capture images of a barnacle-encrusted hull and anchor from the ocean floor.
“It's rare to have such a detailed view of a shipwreck from 1853,” Jonathan Moore, a senior underwater archaeologist for Parks Canada, said in a statement. “We anticipate more discoveries and insights as we pore over the collected information.”
The Breadalbane sank in the Barrow strait in August 1853, after becoming trapped in packed ice near Beechey Island in what is now Nunavut. The ship was a supply vessel for ships searching for traces of the doomed Franklin expedition.
Captain John Franklin was searching for a route through the Northwest passage when his ship also became icebound. The entire crew of 128 was lost.
The Breadalbane was the last and the largest of a series of ships sent out by the Royal Navy to discover Franklin's fate. It also got trapped in fast-moving Arctic ice, and sank within 15 minutes.
The 21 crew abandoned ship; all were eventually rescued. The Breadalbane remained undiscovered in 100 metres of water until 1980.
It has since been declared a national historic site in Canada.
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I do NOT want another Ice Age!
I recommend that we all have more emissions to prevent such a catastrophe!
Quick! Eat More Beans!
I did a mars society project on devon island in 2000. Winds kept us in resolute for a week. I put my American flag on the patio of the quonset hut hotel and the team celebrated the 4th of july drinking scotch and smoking cigars. Warm in the sun with just a single layer of clothes.
The Resolute Bay Incoherent Scatter Radars
http://amisr.com/amisr/about/resolute-bay-isrs/
It was an interesting change for the oil/gas work. My company had done some work associated with the prior Poker Flats test project for the same technology.
http://amisr.com/amisr/about/about_pfisr/
When our construction group started making suggestions how to better design the equipment, we got hired for the big job.
“The secret lies with Charlotte”—National Treasure
You may have noticed Alert on that map, on the north end of Ellesmere Island. I believe that is the northern-most human settlement on the planet. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
Good luck finding a road (or roads) to drive on.
Hate to break the news to ya,but....been there,got the gold,already have it sorted into neat piles. ;-)
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