Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

"Phantom" Ship Is Found Fast in Ice "Phantom"-Ship Is Found Fast in Ice NOME, Alaska, Sept. 14.—(U.E) —The British motorship Bay- chimo, "phantom ship of the north," is intact and is imbedded in solid ice seven miles off Wain- wright, Alaska, Captain Peter Poison of the...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1933
Subjects:
Alaska
Ships
Ship building
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th Century
Arctic
Pacific
Nome
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101636
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Summary:"Phantom" Ship Is Found Fast in Ice "Phantom"-Ship Is Found Fast in Ice NOME, Alaska, Sept. 14.—(U.E) —The British motorship Bay- chimo, "phantom ship of the north," is intact and is imbedded in solid ice seven miles off Wain- wright, Alaska, Captain Peter Poison of the American motorship Trader of Nome said today. Captain Poison said the Trader worked, its way through a field of ice into open water August 11 and came within a half mile of the Baychimo, which has drifted aimlessly, without captain or crew, in Arctic water since September, 1931.

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