R.M.S. Nascopie: Ship of the North

ISBN-13: 9780919614703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 112 str.

Doug Gray

Opis

Fifty years ago, Royal Mail Ship "Nascopie" ended a life full of adventure on an unmarked reef in Hudson s Strait. Launched by the Hudson s Bay Company in 1911, her main mission was to supply the Company s far-flung posts in Canada s North. Alone and without any of today s navigation and communications equipment, she battled ice and icebergs, fog, storms, and uncharted waters to delivery everything the posts needed to survive and trade.

Few ships played such a prolonged role in developing Canada s North and maintaining her presence there. "Nascopie" was a strong ship sailed by strong men. She played a historic role for Canada and this is her story. "