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Boat involved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...lin_ship_found

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mmc wrote:
Boat involved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...lin_ship_found



What a horrible way to go...

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"mmc" wrote in message
g.com...
Boat involved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...lin_ship_found

I saw a fascinating story of one of the ships lost trying to find the
Northwest Passage. Underwater cameras showed the ship's wheel, bell, and
even plates on the shelves that were intact. The cold water had preserved
it all. Can't recall the name of the ship. Some strange tales of those who
sought the passage. IIRC, the sailors of this particular ship were
suffering from lead poisoning from the canning process they used on the
foods. They insisted on taking a desk overland for hundreds of miles on a
sledge before abandoning it. Some died, and the others did the monumental
task of burying them in the frozen earth. They were exhumed, and testing
showed that they had lead levels that were off the charts.

Steve

visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com

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Steve B wrote:
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Boat involved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...lin_ship_found

I saw a fascinating story of one of the ships lost trying to find the
Northwest Passage. Underwater cameras showed the ship's wheel, bell, and
even plates on the shelves that were intact. The cold water had preserved
it all. Can't recall the name of the ship. Some strange tales of those who
sought the passage. IIRC, the sailors of this particular ship were
suffering from lead poisoning from the canning process they used on the
foods. They insisted on taking a desk overland for hundreds of miles on a
sledge before abandoning it. Some died, and the others did the monumental
task of burying them in the frozen earth. They were exhumed, and testing
showed that they had lead levels that were off the charts.

Steve

visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com



Do you remember where you read that?

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"Larry" wrote in message
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mmc wrote:
Boat involved.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...lin_ship_found



What a horrible way to go...

Yeah. Don't want to go that way.
Ever read about Ernest Shackleton? He lead an Antartic scientific expedition
in the early 1900s and they eventually had to escape by life boating some
800 miles across the Southern Ocean to the South Georgia Islands.
Pretty amazing stuff.