The 1789 Christmas Eve collision of the HMS Guardian with an iceberg in the southwest Indian Ocean
Abstract In the evening of 24 December 1789, 2100 km southeast of Cape Town and after encountering three icebergs, the HMS Guardian under Captain Edward Riou collided with the submerged foot of a large iceberg. Despite severe damage to the ship and its abandonment by many of its crew and passengers,...
| Published in: | Annals of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2022
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.8 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0260305523000083 |