Waiting a few more days for some of the lakes to thaw for landings. Took a little hike. Last year I took some pictures of the Baymaud wreck, but now with this new 24.5 megapixel Nikon D3X, I had to go back and improve some shots. This is the last chance as news has it that Norway will raise her and bring her all the way back home very soon (if this other blog is true - click here), pursuant to the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board. Their ruling this April was to grant the export permit for the Maud, which will be issued by the Canada Border Services Agency at the request of the Norwegian applicants.
Too bad this could not be in a museum in Cambridge Bay?
C'est la vie.
Too bad this could not be in a museum in Cambridge Bay?
C'est la vie.
Also, I had not checked out the beached "Eagle" ship before...something new to investigate.
The Maud, built in Asker, Norway and named after Norway’s Queen Maud, was sold to Hudson’s Bay Company in 1925 and rechristened the Baymaud. It ended its days as a floating warehouse and the region’s first radio station before sinking at its moorings in 1930.
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| Roald Amundsen |
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| Maud - sailing the high arctic |
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| Maud winters at Cambridge Bay 1929 |
Go to this site (click here) to keep current with Baymaud (Maud) recovery efforts.
Here below is a pic from 2011 when Norwegien divers investigated the condition of the hull.
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| This how the Maud's hulk looked from underwater last August 2011 |
The famous Maud - renamed the "Baymaud" by HBC - For history (click here).
My pics from today here below.
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Baymaud, Cambridge Bay) |
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Baymaud, Cambridge Bay) |
Below, some pics of the Eagle. This ship was towed here to Cambridge Bay from Tuktoyaktuk, where it sits in ruins on the beach today.
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Eagle, Cambridge Bay) |
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Eagle, Cambridge Bay) |
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Eagle, Cambridge Bay) |
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| © 2012 - Ron Carlson (Eagle, Cambridge Bay) |
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