Bibliograph

The fur-trade fleet, shipwrecks of the Hudson's Bay Company, Anthony Dalton

Type

Label

The fur-trade fleet, shipwrecks of the Hudson's Bay Company, Anthony Dalton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fur-trade fleet

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

701243859

Responsibility statement

Anthony Dalton

Series statement

Amazing stories

Sub title

shipwrecks of the Hudson's Bay Company

Summary

In mid-July 1925, the SS Bayeskimo ran into heavy drift ice at the entrance to Hudson Strait. The ice carried her north, squeezing the steamer and testing the strength of her rivets. Helpless until the tide changed and the ice moved, the officers and crew could only watch and listen to the ship's tormented groans. Slowly at first, trickles of freezing water seeped through the steel plates on her bow. The trickles became a flood, and Bayeskimo began to sink. Bayeskimo was one of hundreds of ships in the Hudson's Bay Company's fur-trade fleet. For much of the company's history, they roamed Hudson Bay, the subarctic and beyond the Arctic Circle, servicing far-flung posts. Some even battled their way around the tip of South America to open up trade on the west coast of North America. During these arduous voyages, many of them came to grief under conditions that would test the mettle of any ship. Here are some of their dramatic stories

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