
Looking with hope from the past into the future
Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen by Beechey Island in 2013 after tragic event when a researcher (Klaus Hocheim), captain and a helicopter pilot were killed in a tragic helicopter crash during scientific cruise. Beechey island is related to ill-fated Franklin expedition that overwintered at the island. The shot is made through the remaining wall of a supply depot used by the search parties looking for disappeared Franklin expedition in 19th century.
Taken on 13
September
2013
Submitted on March 3, 2016
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- Polar regions (184)
- Arctic (70)
- Exact location (-91.8500 W, 74.7167 N)
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arctic, ocean, ship, archaeology
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Credit: Vladislav Petrusevich (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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