The Arctic Adventures of the Thetis
The Thetis, one of most famous Arctic ships was built as a whaler in Scotland in 1881, and served with distinction in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard on many an Arctic voyage, before ending her days as a Canadian sealer in 1950. Her sixty-nine years of travel...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65731 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 The Arctic Adventures of the Thetis Noble, Dennis L. Strobridge, Truman R. 1977-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65731 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65731/49645 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65731 ARCTIC; Vol. 30 No. 1 (1977): March: 1–68; 2-12 1923-1245 0004-0843 Bear (Ship) Exploration Greely Adolphus Washington 1844-1935 Hamlet Harold G Judicial systems Lady Franklin Bay Expedition 1881-1884 Proteus (Ship) Reindeer husbandry Thetis (Ship) Starvation Yantic (Ship) Arctic waters Bering Strait info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1977 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:45Z The Thetis, one of most famous Arctic ships was built as a whaler in Scotland in 1881, and served with distinction in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard on many an Arctic voyage, before ending her days as a Canadian sealer in 1950. Her sixty-nine years of travels took her from the polar wastes of Greenland to the lush tropics of Hawaii, and from the barren tundra of Siberia back to the frigid waters of Newfoundland. . The launching of the Thetis coincided with a flurry of international interest in the Arctic. On 3 March 1881, the United States contributed to it by mounting an expedition to Lady Franklin Bay on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its ostensible purpose was to participate in the International Polar Year, but its leader . harboured secret longings to be the one to push the farthest north . Both of these goals were realized, but mishaps plagued this American expedition. The worst of them, since it doomed the members to deprivation and eventual starvation, was the sinking of the relief ship, the steam whaler Proteus on 23 July 1883, and the sailing away of her escort, the U.S.S. Yantic, without caching any provisions. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Archipelago Arctic Bering Strait Canadian Arctic Archipelago Ellesmere Island Franklin Bay Greenland International Polar Year Lady Franklin Bay Newfoundland reindeer husbandry Tundra Siberia University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Bering Strait Canadian Arctic Archipelago Ellesmere Island Greenland Lady Franklin Bay ENVELOPE(-64.492,-64.492,81.585,81.585) ARCTIC 30 1 |
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The Thetis, one of most famous Arctic ships was built as a whaler in Scotland in 1881, and served with distinction in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard on many an Arctic voyage, before ending her days as a Canadian sealer in 1950. Her sixty-nine years of travels took her from the polar wastes of Greenland to the lush tropics of Hawaii, and from the barren tundra of Siberia back to the frigid waters of Newfoundland. . The launching of the Thetis coincided with a flurry of international interest in the Arctic. On 3 March 1881, the United States contributed to it by mounting an expedition to Lady Franklin Bay on the northeastern coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Its ostensible purpose was to participate in the International Polar Year, but its leader . harboured secret longings to be the one to push the farthest north . Both of these goals were realized, but mishaps plagued this American expedition. The worst of them, since it doomed the members to deprivation and eventual starvation, was the sinking of the relief ship, the steam whaler Proteus on 23 July 1883, and the sailing away of her escort, the U.S.S. Yantic, without caching any provisions. . |
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