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SS Pollux/Southern Cross
Found on the Internet SS Pollux in the Derwent River, Tasmania, 1898 The whaler Pollux was built at Arendal, Norway in 1886. Under the explorer Carstens Borchgrevink on December 19, 1898 Pollux made its first Antarctic expedition where it made marine history by breaking through the Great Ice barrier to the unexplored Ross Sea. Pollux was sold and renamed SS Southern Cross transferring to Newfoundland in 1901. As SS Southern Cross she was lost at sea returning from the seal hunt on March 31, 1914, killing all 174 men aboard in the same storm that killed 78 crewmen from the SS Newfoundland, a collective tragedy that became known as the "1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster" Info on the disaster here (page 41) : http://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_ma..._3_3_15-48.pdf Interesting info on SS Newfoundland he www.ageofsail.net/aosnewfl1.asp Regards, Brendan |
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SS Pollux/Southern Cross
Sorry, Info on disaster should read (page 40). link is OK. Regards, Brendan |
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