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I was going through some old paper and found this postcard of what appears to be of a couple of ships in very icy waters. The only place I could think of with those kinds of conditions would be the Arctic, but I am looking for input on where it may be from.
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Thanks epson233
could also be newfoundland, iceland, or many other places in the cold north.
could this be the Greely Disaster off Newfoundland?
Thanks, I tried researching the disaster but could not even find a mention of it.
Thanks Manikin.
try greely expedition - arctic, not newfoundland.
Thanks, I tried the name and it took place in the 1880s so this postcard is probably not of it. However, I wonder if the five ships shown in the RPPC were abandoned in the ice and the ship on which the photo was taken may have been a rescue ship.
Thanks ttomtucker
Thanks walksoftly.
Thanks PhilDavidAlexanderMorris. I don't think I'll ever know what this image is really of.
I count seven ships.
Thanks, I didn't realize there were that many.
I'm looking for some incident around early 1905, then. Cold year, it seems.
By the way, the other alternative is the Antarctic.
Did this come with the material from "Australia"?
Seven schooners trapped in the ice in 1905 or before?
You'd think it would be news worthy!
Yes, you would! I am unsure of the location so it could have made the news and I just can't find it.
Could you scan this image, it might show a little more detail.
Sure, I will try to get a scan up later today.
I just added the scan.
On my computer the first scan comes up same size as the thumbnail & the other one not very big either.
A couple of observations.
This may not be a maritime disaster as such, the ice has multiple layers to it which suggests repeated flooding of river ice.
These twin masted fishing schooners have no sails on them & may have been at anchor in harbor.
There appears to be pieces of wood sticking out of the ice, parts of docks possibly.
It doesn't have to be arctic to have ice.
See photo here of ice in Provincetown harbor.
http://www.provincetown-ma.gov/index.aspx?NID=822
David
Thanks, it makes sense that this may be from Providence because of the postmark.