#baychimo

[laurikarauchscat]

My short list of ship (literally here) blorbos

1 - The Gerat Eastern

2 - The Baychimo

[greenbookreclaim]

The best look you are going to get of the SS Baychimo for a while. The SS Baychimo an Arctic ghost ship.

[originalleftist]

You don't even have to go back to the Age of Sail to find stories like this that seem like a myth.

Take the ship SS Baychimo- a steamship which got stuck in ice in 1931 and was abandoned by the crew.

She somehow drifted around the Arctic abandoned for at least 38 YEARS without sinking, and was repeatedly boarded but could never be salvaged, being last sighted in 1969 by some Inuit.

I think the thing I like most about The Sea, as, like... a setting or a concept, is that in its vastness, its untameable nature, its unknown secrets, you have a lot of historically documented events that sound more like tales out of mythology and folklore.

Take, for instance, the fate of the Victory Expedition of 1829.

The Victory expedition was a private polar expedition led by veteran British explorer Captain John Ross. Twenty-three men set sail for the Canadian Arctic on the steamship Victory, but when the ship became trapped in the polar ice, there was no way to free it. The crew spent four years in the frozen north, surviving on rations from the wreck of a previous polar exploration ship.

Eventually, twenty survivors packed their belongings into small boats and hauled them over ice towards open water. And in that open water, there was a ship, the whaler Isabella of Hull.*

The Isabella's crew couldn't believe their eyes, because, as they told the Victory's survivors, "Captain Ross has been dead these two years."

And if that wasn't strange enough, the (very much alive) Captain Ross of the Victory had, on a previous Arctic expedition, been captain of the Isabella.

*Side note: the more I read about the Age of Sail, the more I realize that wherever official Explorers™ from a given Western nation go, their whalers have already beaten them there. Sometimes that's even the reason the explorers were sent.

[sliinkys-art]

business is open! Todays stock: Flight 370s plane (partially intact), Baychimo ship, a bomb the US lost in NC, DB cooper's generous donation (bag included and chute), this giant tower i found in alabama, and a giant egg? i think? its like super light though.

[vislokawitch]

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1. Three ships: RMS Olimpic - my forever beloved Old Reliable 😍, RMS Queen Mary (I want to visit her so badly), SS Baychimo (the ultimate ghost ship 👻)

Oh, as for the not ship-ships: Bagginshield (Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield), Michifer (yes, Lucifer and Michael from whatever, including the Bible 😈) and Loustat (Louis Du Pointe Du Lac and Lestat Lioncourt from IWTV AMC)

2. First ever ship: (Pequod. Yes, the one from "Moby Dick". The movie from 1956 did a number on me) Like truly obsessed? SwanQueen (Regina Mills and Emma Swan from OUAT). Could be argued that Anakin/Padme were there first tho

3. Last song: hmm, checking with Spotify... "King of Shadows" by Tungsten

4. Last movie: "Black Swan"

5. Currently reading: "That Hopeful Feeling" by oceantears. It's a Good Omens fic, pretty great but I recommend reading trigger warnings before diving in

6. Currently watching: hmm, I'm not watching any shows at the moment so yt channels have to do. Historic Travels and Oceanliner Designs are my current obsession.

7. Currently consuming: nothing at the moment, only drinking some water because my body feels like dying if I'm not hydrated enough.

8. Currently craving: ugh, for my executive disorder, anxiety, etc to die so I can sort out my life in peace.

I'm tagging @pagan-mushroom @winds-and-whispers @mundaneandmagicalcreature @emeraldinerosefaedragon @pixiedurango @pointless-mushroom and anyone who wants to participate

[iswmperson]

Since I now know you enjoy ships. I just listened to "Disappeared: The Mary Celeste" from the podcast Supernatural with Ashley Flowers. I was curious if you had heard about The Mary Celeste Ship that was found abandoned in 1872 but seemingly fully stocked. Because it's story reminded me a bit of the Baychimo ship, that you mentioned a while back, where their crews vanish but their ships are fully in tact. They are just sailing along as if ghosts or the oceans tectonic plates are pushing them along. It's interesting.

I know about the Mary Celeste, but to be honest, i heard the story too many times and it doesn't really have the same kinda feeling as the Baychimo, mainly because i'm not necessarily a fan of sailing ships. No offense btw

[xxpirs]

MISTERIOS MUNDIALES CAP 2 : BAYCHIMO EL MISTERIO DE UNA TRIPULACION MUER...

[snakesinthesnow]

He almost tears up from the praise, a bright, almost blinding smile appearing on his usually blank expression.

"I'm creating a presentation for fun and stuff, and the topic is about the Baychimo, the ship that was left to sail without a crew for thirty-eight years."

"Have you seen Nikolai?"

- @fedya-the-rat-god

"No? I haven't really been out of the house other than to visit Shibu. I think I heard somewhere that he was staying with another Nikolai to make you realize that you need him, or something.. I've been with Karma all day so I'm not sure."

"Are you okay though?"

[greenbookreclaim]

SS Baychimo Phantom Ship

Navigated the globe, refused to be left by her crew even when damaged, making a shelter next to the ship. Forced to be abandoned in the arctic. Yet still stayed a float for 35 years? And escaped being trapped in ice several times unmanned. Once providing shelter to Inuits for 10 days from a freak storm? And disappearing yet again! Guys this ship is awesome.

[morbiezhellyeah]

Tyran, to Baychimo: Look at you! All cute and small! I could just eat you up!

Baychimo: *proceeds to kick him in the tread and run away*

D-Stroy, driving by: Rule number 1, don't call Baychimo cute or small.

[oceanwaterheart]

The Baychimo was a real ship sailing in the Arctic. Now she continues to sail, crew less, and with no desire to change that fact.

[snakesinthesnow]

He brightens up and leans over to write all of that down, realizing that he actually hadn't known any of that except for that Baychimo got stuck in ice and sailed for thirty-eight years.

"Thank you!"

"You're pretty, sir."

~ @snakesinthesnow

"Oh? Why, thank you, dear... sir...-

Ah! Master Dostoevsky has become younger! My apologies for not recognizing you sooner!"

[iswmperson]

It's not controversial, but it's something that'd rather be reserved for ships like S.S Baychimo, no crew for 30-odd years, travelling through the arctic like it's no biggie, etc.

@mickeyhenrys

So Im not surprised by the missing Titantic Exploration Submersible.

But only because the White Star Line, specifically the Olympic Line (aka Titanic, Britannic and the Olympic Sister Ships) seem cursed to me.

Both the Titanic and Britannic have sunk. The Titanic hit an iceburg in the Atlantic Ocean. And the Britannic hit a mine during World War I in the Aegean Sea.

The Olympic had a collision in September 1911, but was repaired and returned to service in November 1911 until May 1934 when it had another collision with a ship, and retired in May 1935.

So with all the collisions and disasters surrounding the Olympic Line of the White Star Line, it didnt shock me when I heard the Exploration Submersible went missing.

Im curious as to what your thoughts are.