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2032727Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Shiphttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/baychimo-arctic-ghost-ship-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/631358/646cc781-c24c-45b3-8b80-26a7fb6d19ff.jpg?v=638335578869830000168193MXNHeritage HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p>No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudsons Bay Company ship <em>Baychimo</em>.</p><p>In the 1920s, <em>Baychimo</em> set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the Russian civil war and made dangerous annual voyages around Alaska to Canadas western Arctic coast, shouldering her way through ice floes to resupply the HBCs remote trading posts. Anthony Dalton digs deep to unveil the incredible tale of the hardy ship and her sometimes irascible captain, Sydney Cornwell, bringing to life the larger story of the community of northern traders, hunters and sailors of which <em>Baychimo</em> was a part.</p><p>This ships story had a remarkable twist. Caught in 1931 in an ice floe that refused to let go, her crew expected her to sink at any moment, and abandoned ship. But <em>Baychimo</em> was as stubborn as the ice, and she floated away unharmed to begin what would prove to be the longest phase of her seemingly charmed career: for the next four decades she would appear on the horizon at unexpected times and places, always defiantly upright and afloat, becoming the legendary ghost ship of the Arctic.</p>...1993887Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship168193https://www.gandhi.com.mx/baychimo-arctic-ghost-ship-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/631358/646cc781-c24c-45b3-8b80-26a7fb6d19ff.jpg?v=638335578869830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119781926936772_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_<p>No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudsons Bay Company ship <em>Baychimo</em>.</p><p>In the 1920s, <em>Baychimo</em> set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the Russian civil war and made dangerous annual voyages around Alaska to Canadas western Arctic coast, shouldering her way through ice floes to resupply the HBCs remote trading posts. Anthony Dalton digs deep to unveil the incredible tale of the hardy ship and her sometimes irascible captain, Sydney Cornwell, bringing to life the larger story of the community of northern traders, hunters and sailors of which <em>Baychimo</em> was a part.</p><p>This ships story had a remarkable twist. Caught in 1931 in an ice floe that refused to let go, her crew expected her to sink at any moment, and abandoned ship. But <em>Baychimo</em> was as stubborn as the ice, and she floated away unharmed to begin what would prove to be the longest phase of her seemingly charmed career: for the next four decades she would appear on the horizon at unexpected times and places, always defiantly upright and afloat, becoming the legendary ghost ship of the Arctic.</p>(*_*)9781926936772_<p>No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudsons Bay Company ship <em>Baychimo</em>.</p><p>In the 1920s, <em>Baychimo</em> set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the Russian civil war and made dangerous annual voyages around Alaska to Canadas western Arctic coast, shouldering her way through ice floes to resupply the HBCs remote trading posts. Anthony Dalton digs deep to unveil the incredible tale of the hardy ship and her sometimes irascible captain, Sydney Cornwell, bringing to life the larger story of the community of northern traders, hunters and sailors of which <em>Baychimo</em> was a part.</p><p>This ships story had a remarkable twist. Caught in 1931 in an ice floe that refused to let go, her crew expected her to sink at any moment, and abandoned ship. But <em>Baychimo</em> was as stubborn as the ice, and she floated away unharmed to begin what would prove to be the longest phase of her seemingly charmed career: for the next four decades she would appear on the horizon at unexpected times and places, always defiantly upright and afloat, becoming the legendary ghost ship of the Arctic.</p>...9781926936772_Heritage Houselibro_electonico_1c861543-a500-4822-8b7b-3e21c9906be5_9781926936772;9781926936772_9781926936772Anthony DaltonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/acp-epub-d36e3a83-f2fe-4dc7-9c94-08c30eb21a64.epub2011-02-01T00:00:00+00:00Heritage House