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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 10, 2017 - 05:07pm PT
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FYI, Mssr Stickler, my ship probably saw HMS Maud at some point.
I can almost guarantee they shared Portsmouth harbor. So there!
The thread was adrift so I tossed it a lifeline.
Furthermore, I guarantee that I am one of the few visitors that can show
you the ONLY cannon (of the 105) known to have been aboard at Trafalgar! ;-)
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Mighty Hiker
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Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2017 - 09:49pm PT
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Maudit!
I guess that Reilly's boat is a replica of Nelson's Victory.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Aug 11, 2017 - 06:33am PT
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Bump for Tami's comments, which always (1) crack me up, or (2) leave me better informed (vitamin C from seal puke - who knew??).
Reilly typically gives good weight in the comments section as well. Boffo performance, lads and lasses.
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Mighty Hiker
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Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2017 - 05:52pm PT
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There's also a really good movie called Maudie, about a Canadian (Nova Scotian) artist named Maud Lewis: http://www.mongrelmedia.com/international/film/maudie.aspx
Not named after the boat, AFAIK, but well worth seeing.
This post endorsed by Reilly's cousin Vinnie.
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Mighty Hiker
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Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2017 - 01:16pm PT
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Maud is now in Aasiaat, Kalaalit Nunaat (Greenland) for the winter. She will be conveyed to Norway next summer.
"After 3 weeks of sailing MAUD and Tandberg Polar has reached Aasiaat, Greenland, safe and sound. We are extremely tired but happy to have arrived here in Aasiaat where Maud will stay this winter before continuing to Norway next summer.
Tricky ice conditions in the Northwest Passage and stormy weather across to Greenland gave us a good challenge, but Maud and Jensen as well as our crew stood the test. The old Queen of the ice is on her way home. We are full of joy and gratitude to be part of Maud´s journey back to her home country, after 100 years."
(From the "Maud Returns Home" website.)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 17, 2017 - 07:56pm PT
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Maud appears to be in remarkably good knick!
Hope I can see her in Bygdøy next summer.
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Mighty Hiker
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Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2017 - 02:25pm PT
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Well, the British have now agreed that Canada may (more or less) keep Erebus and Terror. One can imagine the diplomatic and policy discussions that led up to what seemed a fait accompli...
Ownership of Sir John Franklin's shipwrecked vessels — which were recently discovered in the Canadian Arctic after years of searching — is being transferred from Britain to Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-expedition-ships-canada-owner-1.4367419
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Dec 30, 2017 - 09:17pm PT
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Anders,
cool! TFPU!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 31, 2017 - 09:14am PT
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Mighty, thanks for the link; good stuff. Until now I hadn’t known that Terror and Erebus were
not ‘ships’. NTTAWW BRIGS! 🤓
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Dec 31, 2017 - 07:24pm PT
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While Canadians are developing cool new tools and techniques to solve this centuries old mystery, Americans are producing a TV mini-series that throws science right out the old window(and a pretty high one at that):
Coming in March 2018 is 'The Terror':
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2708480/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator."
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Mar 26, 2018 - 10:50am PT
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Just a reminder that the AMC series "Terror" begins tonight, 3/26, at 9pm eastern/6pm pacific. Forget all the great archeology carried out by Parks Canada and get the real story behind the mystery from those crack historians in Hollywood.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 26, 2018 - 10:55am PT
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A pity I don’t have TV. 🙀
But I will be checking out the HMS Terror exhibit at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in a week! 😊
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 26, 2018 - 01:24pm PT
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I like to read books on polar expeditions like The Arctic Grail on hot summer days.
We had 2" of snow last night so its a bit soon.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Mar 26, 2018 - 07:31pm PT
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How did I miss this?
But regarding all the comments about how Franklin's crew were too ignorant or proud or English or whatever to take note of the way the locals survived, I am reminded of Samuel Hearne's journey in the same region. After two previous attempts, he left Churchhill on the shore of Hudson's bay in 1772 and returned two years later, after treking overland to the mouth of the Coppermine River on the arctic shore, and back -- a total of about 5,000 miles.
I bring this up for two reasons. First, on his return to England he wrote a best-selling book about his journey. "Journey to the Northern Ocean", while relatively little known, is one of the best books of exploration and adventure ever written, and anyone even remotely interested in these subjects should buy it and read it (available for next to nothing on Amazon).
Second, note the dates. Hearne's book, published in 1795, and his lecture tours, were immensely popular. And the overwhelming takeaway was that the only way he survived once he was a few days from his base was by adopting -- completely -- the ways of the locals.
True, you can carry a lot more provisions in a boat than you can on your back, so perhaps the Franklin expedition did not set out in ignorance. I wasn't there. And they are hardly the only "civilized people" to die while ignoring the wisdom of the savages around them.
Still...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 26, 2018 - 10:44pm PT
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Anders, text me: Jeg skal blir med familien, men de er ikke så nautisk tilbøyelige. (jeg trenger trening for vår reise til Norge i tre månader)
And Tami is most welcome if she wants to look at some boats and a wreck.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Mar 27, 2018 - 11:00am PT
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Watched the Terror last night. Excellent production values, but terrible audio (too much background noise). Its a setup for sure, but it isn't the first arctic exploration movie to embroider on the facts (see The Red Tent).
So what is this monster? Sasquatch?
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Mar 27, 2018 - 11:36am PT
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They are filming the arctic scenes on Pag Island in Croatia. I have spent some time there and it's pretty desolate, but I never imagined it would pass for the arctic. It's just below the 45th parallel!
Here's the book on which the series is based:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(novel);
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