Last voyage of the Karluk
The Karluk was the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913–16. In August 1913, the ship became trapped in the ice while sailing to a rendezvous point at Herschel Island. After a long drift across the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, in January 1914 the ship was crushed and sunk. In the ensuing months, the crew and expedition staff struggled...