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''Breadalbane'' was a British three-masted barque, a mid-19th century merchant ship that was crushed by ice and sank in the Arctic. Notable as the northernmost shipwreck known,〔 she is also the best-preserved wooden ship ever found in the sea. Historically, ''Breadalbane'' is considered to be a time capsule.〔 On 21 August 1853, she became trapped by an ice floe and was crushed. She sank to the bottom of the Northwest Passage near Beechey Island in Lancaster Sound, approximately 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle.〔(Anchorage Daily News - Sep 15, 1981 )〕 Her entire crew of 21 abandoned ship in time, and were rescued by her companion, . In August 1980, the wreck was discovered by a five-man team led by Dr. Joe MacInnis working from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir John A. McDonald. Three years later it was designated a national historic site of Canada because the ship was used in the search for John Franklin’s lost expedition. ==History== ''Breadalbane'' was built by Hedderwich & Rowan for a Scottish merchant consortium in a shipyard on the Clyde River,〔 in Scotland in 1843.〔 The ship was originally used to transport wine, wool and grain to Europe, and spent her first ten years sailing between England and Calcutta carrying various goods.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Breadalbane (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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