The Snowdrop: Lost in the Arctic
April 17, 2024 at 11:54PMPaul Brown tells the tale of the crew of the shipwrecked Snowdrop without melodrama in this highly entertaining piece. Using accounts from the sailors, he brings the journey to life, along with the characters of these stoic Scots.
After several weeks of hunting, the Snowdrop’s storage tanks were full. According to Ritchie, although they had not caught a whale, they had six hundred and fifty walrus and six hundred seals, plus many polar bears and Arctic foxes. The plan was to take the Inuit community back to Cape Haven, then return with their catch to Dundee. The Snowdrop came to anchor in a Frobisher Bay inlet known as the Countess of Warwick Sound. It was September 18. The ship had been at sea for five months. Then came the storm.
from Longreads https://longreads.com/2024/04/17/the-snowdrop-lost-in-the-arctic/
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