I’ve always been fascinated by ships. As I get older, I find ships histories interest me deeply. In the NY Times this morning, I found myself wandering among the ships of the Franklin https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/world/canada/hms-erebus-terror-artifacts.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article expedition that set out to find the Northwest passage across the top of Canada.
The article tells us, “The disappearance of the Erebus and the H.M.S. Terror (170 years ago) is still a mystery, part of a story that has eluded scientists, rescuers and historians for more than a century. On Thursday, Parks Canada, Canada’s national parks service, and representatives from the Inuit population said they hoped the newly recovered artifacts from the Erebus would help them reconstruct what happened aboard the vessels before they sank.”
The photographs of the Terror and her artifacts kept me glued to my monitor most of an hour. Many years ago, photographs from the Titanic, the Bismarck, and even the carrier Yorktown by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard riveted me equally. Interests grow and spread. Many of you know that I belong to all sorts of ship organizations. There is a list to the right of my Postcards blog with quite a few of those interests.
I don’t know why I thought
it would be a lovely sunny day. I shall
tear myself away from sunken ships. I’ll
dress a bit more warmly than I am now, and see if I can make a major dent in
that Crow quilt.
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- <A HREF=http://geeeee-zer.blogspot.com/>Himself:</A> Space games then off to the museum to docent.
- Myself: Read, sew, read.
- Reading: Still the Miles Vorkosigian saga.
- Watching: KPBS: Season 2, Bake
- Photo: Mine: Carnival ship.
- Weather: Cold and blustery for me. G has shorts on.
- Gratitude’s: Rain last night. Wonderful stuff.
I like old histories of most anything!
ReplyDeleteThings are once again ship shape!
ReplyDeleteGlad you can enjoy researching the ships histories. My brother having served in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service during WWII spent a great deal of time tracking what became of submarines lost at sea as some started to be found years later. I expect he was especially intrigued because one he had been scheduled to go out on from Perth, Australia, then he was kept ashore at the last minute due to a greater need for his communication skills there, went out to sea and was never heard from again. This was at a time when the Japanese Navy was steaming toward Australia and there was great concern they might come there.
ReplyDeleteThe Franklin is fascinating. Would be fabulous to see it.
ReplyDeleteit's behind a paywall for me. I imagine they sunk for the same reason the Titanic did, damage to the hull from ice.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't read either without subscribing so I Googled the H.M.S Terror out of curiosity. I wondered about its name and discovered it had been a war ship. Ok, now "Terror" makes sense. Hope they do a documentary on it.
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