The Arctic ship Fox

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Erskine, Angus B., Kjaer, Kjell-G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Greenland; Qeqertarsuaq; McClintock; Rae; Godhavn; Iceland; Polar Record; Thule
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400014443; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400014443

Abstract The ship Fox , built in Aberdeen in 1855 as a yacht, was used by Francis Leopold McClintock on his successful search for relics of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She was then chartered for one summer for Allen Young and John Rae to survey a route for a trans-Atlantic cable via the Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland, after which she was in the services of the Kryolith Mine og Handelsselskabet, based at Ivigtut, southwest Greenland, for many years. In 1905, under charter, she made a historically significant voyage to Thule in northwest Greenland. After this she was owned by the Kongelige Grønlanske Handel and used for coastal freighting, until in 1912 she was condemned and abandoned in Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn) Harbour, where remnants may be seen today.