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Ice

Ice fields, floes, and icebergs, most of them in the Arctic.

  1. 1905 · Karluk: Crewman stabbed another over loading ice.
  2. 1851 · Fortune: Harpooned whale escaped under the ice.
  3. 1853 · Fortune: Harpooned whale lost in the ice.
  4. 1854 · Active: Ship struck ice and damaged bow.
  5. 1854 · Active: Ice damaged the cutwater.
  6. 1893 · Beluga: Ship stuck hard and fast in the ice.
  7. 1893 · Beluga: Ice broke off a propeller blade.
  8. 1893 · Beluga: Forced inshore to escape drifting ice.
  9. 1893 · Beluga: Orca trapped in the ice signaled for help.
  10. 1905 · Karluk: Whaleboat blown onto ice and smashed.
  11. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Icebergs and deep snow blocked navigation.
  12. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Vast fields of ice sighted.
  13. 1852 · Pacific: Encountered an unbroken barrier of ice.
  14. 1852 · Fortune: Surrounded by heavy ice fields.
  15. 1852 · Pacific: A complete barrier of sea ice.
  16. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Stuck in the ice fourteen days.
  17. 1905 · Karluk: Sleds departed over the ice.
  18. 1832 · Bengal: Freezing snowstorm glazed the rigging with ice.
  19. 1835 · Bengal: Feared having to beat through ice.
  20. 1836 · Edward Quesnel: Spotted an island of ice.
  21. 1837 · Addison: Deck covered in ice near Block Island.
  22. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Encountered a long chain of ice.
  23. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Sighted a field of ice.
  24. 1848 · Mary and Susan: Rigging coated in ice.
  25. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Ice began forming in thick fog.
  26. 1851 · Fortune: Encountered a large field of ice.
  27. 1851 · Fortune: Boats navigated through the ice.
  28. 1851 · Fortune: Chased and towed whale through ice.
  29. 1851 · Fortune: Sailed along the ice in fog.
  30. 1851 · Fortune: Ran into ice near shore.
  31. 1851 · Fortune: Encountered sea ice.
  32. 1851 · Fortune: Sailed near ice in fog.
  33. 1851 · Fortune: Sailed along the ice.
  34. 1852 · Fortune: Large body of ice sighted.
  35. 1852 · Fortune: Ice sighted four miles away.
  36. 1852 · Pacific: Bore through gale, snow, and ice.
  37. 1852 · Pacific: Rigging coated in ice.
  38. 1852 · Fortune: Ran into ice.
  39. 1852 · Fortune: Sighted ice and Goars Island.
  40. 1852 · Fortune: Sailed among ice in thick fog.
  41. 1852 · Pacific: Encountered large bodies of ice off Asia.
  42. 1852 · Fortune: Ice sighted amid a busy fleet.
  43. 1852 · Fortune: Saw rotting ice and devil fish (gray whales).
  44. 1852 · Fortune: Ice sighted while whaling.
  45. 1852 · Fortune: Cruised off the ice.
  46. 1852 · Fortune: Ice sighted in thick hazy weather.
  47. 1852 · Fortune: Sighted ice ahead.
  48. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed through large fields of ice.
  49. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed among plenty of ice.
  50. 1853 · Fortune: Cruised along the ice.
  51. 1853 · Fortune: Ship drifted with the ice.
  52. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed along the sea ice.
  53. 1853 · Fortune: Cruised off and on near the ice.
  54. 1853 · Fortune: Whales spotted in heavy ice.
  55. 1853 · Fortune: Ice sighted as fog cleared.
  56. 1853 · Fortune: Scouted for whales among the ice.
  57. 1853 · Fortune: Moored to ice for fresh water.
  58. 1853 · Fortune: Tied to drifting ice amidst whales.
  59. 1853 · Fortune: Cruised around the ice.
  60. 1853 · Fortune: Ship drifted deep into heavy ice.
  61. 1853 · Fortune: Ship navigated out of the ice.
  62. 1853 · Fortune: Ship surrounded by heavy ice.
  63. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed near ice with the Mercury.
  64. 1853 · Fortune: Ice drifted down onto the anchorage.
  65. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed past ice in bays and gulfs.
  66. 1853 · Fortune: Sailed through thick fog and ice.
  67. 1853 · Fortune: Drifting among the ice.
  68. 1853 · Fortune: Ice sighted.
  69. 1854 · Active: Ice coated the rigging and sails.
  70. 1854 · Active: Encountered a large field of ice.
  71. 1854 · Active: Ship sailed into ice at midnight.
  72. 1854 · Active: Chased whales into the ice.
  73. 1854 · Active: Ice sighted in the night.
  74. 1854 · Active: Navigated through ice amid thick fog.
  75. 1854 · Active: Ship encompassed by ice.
  76. 1854 · Active: Ship drifted into massive ice cakes.
  77. 1854 · Active: Blocked from shore by packed ice.
  78. 1854 · Active: Surrounded by ice in thick fog.
  79. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Feared ice would turn him wicked.
  80. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered an ice floe.
  81. 1893 · Beluga: Steamed through the ice into clear water.
  82. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck in heavy ice.
  83. 1893 · Beluga: Navigated through close ice.
  84. 1893 · Beluga: Young ice trapped the whaleboats.
  85. 1893 · Beluga: Boats hauled over closing ice.
  86. 1893 · Beluga: Ice closed in near the ship.
  87. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed among loose ice.
  88. 1893 · Beluga: Steamed through ice.
  89. 1893 · Beluga: Trapped in ice during snowstorm.
  90. 1893 · Beluga: Ice too dense to enter.
  91. 1893 · Beluga: Navigated around the ice.
  92. 1893 · Beluga: Worked through the ice with other vessels.
  93. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered thick ice five miles wide.
  94. 1893 · Beluga: Ship tied up to the ice.
  95. 1893 · Beluga: Stopped in an ice opening in thick fog.
  96. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to grounded ice.
  97. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to the ice.
  98. 1893 · Beluga: Made fast to the ice.
  99. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered thick fog and ice.
  100. 1893 · Beluga: Fleet blocked by ice off Point Hope.
  101. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to ground ice.
  102. 1893 · Beluga: Worked through ice in thick fog.
  103. 1893 · Beluga: Moored to the ice.
  104. 1893 · Beluga: Tied up to the sea ice.
  105. 1893 · Beluga: Ice drifted by in thick fog.
  106. 1893 · Beluga: Trapped in a small hole in ice.
  107. 1893 · Beluga: Ship remained trapped in the ice.
  108. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck fast in the ice.
  109. 1893 · Beluga: Navigated through ice in shallow coastal water.
  110. 1893 · Beluga: Navigated through grounded ice.
  111. 1893 · Beluga: Reached the ice pack.
  112. 1893 · Beluga: Trapped in a deep bay of ice.
  113. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed under the ice in smoky weather.
  114. 1893 · Beluga: Cruised off the ice with fourteen ships.
  115. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed between strips of ice.
  116. 1893 · Beluga: Encountered young ice and heavy snow squalls.
  117. 1893 · Beluga: Ice blocked the passage.
  118. 1904 · Karluk: Encountered sea ice.
  119. 1904 · Karluk: Sailed through strips of ice.
  120. 1904 · Karluk: Blocked by ice alongside other steamers.
  121. 1904 · Karluk: Ice blocked the way to Port Clarence.
  122. 1904 · Karluk: Shifted anchor to avoid ice.
  123. 1904 · Karluk: Waited for ice to clear.
  124. 1904 · Karluk: Steamed through scattered ice in company.
  125. 1904 · Karluk: Fleet stopped and tied to the ice.
  126. 1904 · Karluk: Moored to the ice alongside another ship.
  127. 1904 · Karluk: Forced inshore by encroaching ice.
  128. 1904 · Karluk: Surrounded by ground ice.
  129. 1904 · Karluk: Worked through ice into clear water.
  130. 1904 · Karluk: Tied up to the sea ice.
  131. 1904 · Karluk: Ventured out to the ice pack.
  132. 1904 · Karluk: Cruised around the ice.
  133. 1904 · Karluk: Cast off from the ice.
  134. 1904 · Karluk: Forced close inshore by heavy ice.
  135. 1904 · Karluk: Large ice drifted into the anchorage.
  136. 1904 · Karluk: Ship became stuck in ice.
  137. 1904 · Karluk: Crew worked cutting ice.
  138. 1904 · Karluk: Crew built an ice road.
  139. 1904 · Karluk: Crew gathered loads of ice.
  140. 1904 · Karluk: Crew cut 300 cakes of ice.
  141. 1904 · Karluk: Brought in ice amidst snow drifts.
  142. 1904 · Karluk: Subzero cold and hauling ice.
  143. 1905 · Karluk: Crew gathered loads of ice.
  144. 1905 · Karluk: Ice overflowed around the ship.
  145. 1905 · Karluk: Ice flooded by fresh gales.
  146. 1905 · Karluk: Sailed among ice in snow and rain.
  147. 1905 · Karluk: Worked the ship through ice.
  148. 1905 · Karluk: Stopped and tied up to the ice.
  149. 1905 · Karluk: Sought shelter from incoming ice.
  150. 1905 · Karluk: Saw nothing but ice rounding Baley Island.
  151. 1905 · Karluk: Endless ice forced steamers close inshore.
  152. 1905 · Karluk: Sailed to the ice.
  153. 1905 · Karluk: Pushed through the ice toward Banks Land.
  154. 1905 · Karluk: Harbor filled with ice.
  155. 1905 · Karluk: Ice forced the ship back to anchor.
  156. 1905 · Karluk: Sailed through snow and new ice.
  157. 1905 · Karluk: Ice blocked the boats while gathering wood.
  158. 1905 · Karluk: Ship made fast to the ice.
  159. 1905 · Karluk: Moored to ice for winter quarters.
  160. 1905 · Karluk: Crew gathered winter ice.
  161. 1905 · Karluk: Ice placed on the windows.
  162. 1905 · Karluk: Sleds sent out over the ice for meat.
  163. 1906 · Karluk: Brought aboard loads of ice.
  164. 1906 · Karluk: Crew gathered a boatload of ice.
  165. 1906 · Karluk: Finished hauling ice.
  166. 1906 · Karluk: Ice drifted rapidly westward.
  167. 1906 · Karluk: Ice broke up around the ship.
  168. 1906 · Karluk: Waited for ice to clear.
  169. 1906 · Karluk: Sea ice began moving.
  170. 1906 · Karluk: Ice slacked up offshore.
  171. 1906 · Karluk: Other ships tied up to the ice.
  172. 1906 · Karluk: Trapped by heavy ice.
  173. 1906 · Karluk: Ice moved close in.
  174. 1906 · Karluk: Sailed along the ice.
  175. 1906 · Karluk: Ship moored to the ice floe.
  176. 1906 · Karluk: Cast off from the ice.
  177. 1906 · Karluk: Tied fast to the ice.
  178. 1906 · Karluk: Worked along the ice.
  179. 1906 · Karluk: Navigated through ice under steam and sail.
  180. 1906 · Karluk: Encountered sea ice.
  181. 1906 · Karluk: Ice scattered across the ocean.
  182. 1906 · Karluk: Lingered around the ice.
  183. 1906 · Karluk: Reached the ice and lost whale in fog.
  184. 1835 · Bengal: Beat through the ice.
  185. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Saw plenty of ice.
  186. 1849 · Mary and Susan: Tacked off extending ice.
  187. 1851 · Fortune: Chased whales and operated among the ice.
  188. 1852 · Pacific: Saw a large field of ice.
  189. 1852 · Pacific: Plentiful ice in sight.
  190. 1852 · Fortune: Passed through field of ice.
  191. 1852 · Fortune: Encountered thick heavy ice.
  192. 1852 · Fortune: Sea ice in sight while whaling.
  193. 1852 · Fortune: Saw a large body of ice.
  194. 1852 · Pacific: Steered out of the ice.
  195. 1852 · Fortune: Struck whale in the ice.
  196. 1852 · Fortune: Floating ice in sight.
  197. 1852 · Fortune: Had to cut on account of ice.
  198. 1852 · Fortune: Tacking on and off the ice.
  199. 1853 · Fortune: Ice observed towards which whales moved.
  200. 1853 · Fortune: Encountered ice while whaling.
  201. 1853 · Fortune: Observed ice in sight.
  202. 1853 · Fortune: Whale ran into the ice.
  203. 1853 · Fortune: Towed whale out of the ice.
  204. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Close to the ice.
  205. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Cutwater damaged by ice.
  206. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Laying in the ice in Meichuy Bay.
  207. 1857 · Daniel Wood: Worked through the ice.
  208. 1893 · Beluga: Ship in close ice and fast in ice.
  209. 1893 · Beluga: Stuck hard and fast in ice.
  210. 1893 · Beluga: Ship surrounded by close ice.
  211. 1893 · Beluga: Passed between ice floe and cake.
  212. 1893 · Beluga: Cruised near very large floes of ice.
  213. 1893 · Beluga: Observed ground ice off the land.
  214. 1893 · Beluga: Steamed along the ice.
  215. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed along the ice.
  216. 1893 · Beluga: Ship remained fast to the ice.
  217. 1893 · Beluga: Let go from the ice.
  218. 1893 · Beluga: No appearance of ice.
  219. 1893 · Beluga: Sailed along the ice.
  220. 1893 · Beluga: Point of ice bore south by east.
  221. 1893 · Beluga: Saw ice to northeast.
  222. 1893 · Beluga: Observed plenty young ice and no big ice.
  223. 1904 · Karluk: Worked along the ice.
  224. 1904 · Karluk: Saw very little ice.
  225. 1904 · Karluk: Encountered ice blocking way.
  226. 1904 · Karluk: Turned back due to ice.
  227. 1904 · Karluk: Made fast to the ice.
  228. 1904 · Karluk: Observed no ice off Thetis Islands.
  229. 1904 · Karluk: Fast to the ice.
  230. 1904 · Karluk: Steered along the ice.
  231. 1904 · Karluk: Big ice came in.
  232. 1904 · Karluk: Came out of the ice.
  233. 1904 · Karluk: Employed in butting ice.
  234. 1904 · Karluk: All hands bunting ice.
  235. 1904 · Karluk: Got a boat of ice.
  236. 1904 · Karluk: Got two boatloads of ice.
  237. 1904 · Karluk: Encountered ice.
  238. 1904 · Karluk: Went after ice.
  239. 1904 · Karluk: Got one load of ice.
  240. 1905 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  241. 1905 · Karluk: Got one load of ice.
  242. 1905 · Karluk: Getting ice.
  243. 1905 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  244. 1905 · Karluk: Got a load of ice.
  245. 1905 · Karluk: Observed ice covered with water.
  246. 1905 · Karluk: Plenty of ice in sight.
  247. 1905 · Karluk: Made fast to the ice.
  248. 1905 · Karluk: Ice came in.
  249. 1905 · Karluk: Shifted course to clear ice.
  250. 1905 · Karluk: Encountered no end of ice.
  251. 1905 · Karluk: Ran down along the ice.
  252. 1905 · Karluk: Stood off to the ice.
  253. 1905 · Karluk: Observed plenty of ice.
  254. 1905 · Karluk: Encountered some young ice.
  255. 1905 · Karluk: Blocked by pack ice.
  256. 1905 · Karluk: Found too much ice.
  257. 1905 · Karluk: Cut blocks of ice.
  258. 1905 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  259. 1905 · Karluk: Got a load of ice.
  260. 1905 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  261. 1906 · Karluk: Filled ice rack.
  262. 1906 · Karluk: No open water observed.
  263. 1906 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  264. 1906 · Karluk: Got two loads of ice.
  265. 1906 · Karluk: Got one load of ice.
  266. 1906 · Karluk: Ice remained packed outside the spit.
  267. 1906 · Karluk: Observed small ice.
  268. 1906 · Karluk: Observed plenty of ice.

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