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MV Clipper Adventurer
MV ''Ocean Adventurer'' is an ice-capable expedition cruise ship operating commercial voyages to both polar regions, with Quark Expeditions of Seattle, Washington, United States. The vessel was previously been registered as ''Clipper Adventurer,'' and was renamed as ''Sea Adventurer'' on 1 October 2012. She is the sister ship to . Built in 1975 in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former Yugoslavia as ''Alla Tarasova'', she underwent a $13 million refit in 1998 managed by Master Mariner AB, Sweden. During the summer of 2009 Adventure Canada of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada carried passengers through the Northwest Passage on ''Clipper Adventurer''. On 27 August 2010, ''Clipper Adventurer'' ran aground on a supposedly uncharted rock in the waters of Nunavut's Coronation Gulf during a cruise. The collision damaged the ship's ballast and fuel tanks, leading pollution to be released into the Coronation Gulf. 128 passengers and 69 crew members were stranded until they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beechey Island
Beechey Island ( iu, Iluvialuit, script=Latn) is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait. Other features include Wellington Channel, Erebus Harbour, and Terror Bay (not to be confused with the Terror Bay south of King William Island). History The first European visit to the island was in 1819, by Captain William Edward Parry. The island was named after the artist William Beechey (1753–1839) by his son Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), who was then serving as Parry's lieutenant. It is the site of several very significant events in the history of Arctic exploration. In 1845, the British explorer Sir John Franklin, commanding a new but ill-fated search for the Northwest Passage aboard HMS ''Erebus'' and HMS ''Terror'', chose the protected harbour of Beechey Island for his first winter encampment. The site was not rediscovered until 1851, when British a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
