The SS Baychimo was trapped in Arctic ice, abandoned by its crew, and expected to disappear forever. Instead, it became a legend, repeatedly spotted drifting empty through the frozen north like a ship ...

In 1931, the SS Baychimo, a cargo ship owned by the Hudson Bay Company, became trapped in the ice off Point Barrow, Alaska. Despite efforts to free her, she vanished into the frozen Arctic sea, but ...

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