The Viking in the Pictures (1931)

The Lethbridge Herald on March 26, 1931, announced the following on its front page: “Marooned on a loose ice-pack in the North Atlantic, surviving members of the crew of an unidentified vessel, believed to be the sealing ship “Viking”, were drifting seaward with the floe off White Bay, it was stated in messages reaching the government from that point today. The vessel had burned to the water’s edge, the message said.” Ship Name: Viking  Year Built: 1881 Ship Type: Wooden Sealing Steamship  Nationality: Canadian  Year Wrecked: 1931 Location Wrecked: Near Horse Islands, Newfoundland  Reason for Wreck: Gunpowder Explosion  Lives Lost: 28 Sources:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SrpuHcwrw https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61579864 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61579499 https://books.google.com/books?id=YahBncpdBaUC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=bowring+brothers+fleet&source=gbs_navlinks_s https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fridtjof-Nansen https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns/id/102348 https://newspaperarchive.com/altoona-mirror-mar-23-1931-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-daily-gleaner-aug-10-1931-p-16/ https://newspaperarchive.com/miami-daily-news-record-mar-23-1931-p-6/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/03/17/issue.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/03/18/102220207.html?pageNumber=2 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/06/14/118208461.html?pageNumber=142 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/03/18/102220213.html?pageNumber=2 https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-apr-13-1931-p-27/ https://newspaperarchive.com/lethbridge-herald-mar-16-1931-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/brainerd-daily-dispatch-mar-18-1931-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/lismore-northern-star-mar-20-1931-p-7/ https://newspaperarchive.com/the-berkshire-evening-eagle-mar-20-1931-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-mar-17-1931-p-1/ https://books.google.com/books?id=St-eAAAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=viking+ship+explosion+1931&source=gbs_navlinks_s