steel-hulled 1,322 ton cargo steamer abandoned
after it steamed into some pack punk ice
it got stuck once
it got stuck twice
twice wasn’t as nice
trapped near Barrow, Alaska
doomed to sink…or so they thought
after a blizzard, the boat wasn’t seen
the captain thought it had sunk, but wait there’s more…
it was seen by a seal hunter (boo! bad) months later
after rescuing some precious furs aboard
they said bon voyage thinking it would sink
but it remained afloat and was sighted at various times
between 19 and 31 and 19 and 69 in the Chukchi Sea
which was the last time it was sighted
hasn’t been seen since
and of course we all know where the Chukchi Sea…is
off the northwestern Alaskan coast
without ever being salvaged
it had been sighted many times
still unmanned and adrift for almost forty years
people finally were able to board the ship several times
each time they got driven away
by bad weather or maybe
some kind of spirits aboard that didn’t want them there
as it is, it’s one of the longest sailing ghost ships in the world
