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Arctic relief steamer Proteus wreck and long rescue trek
A Tribune special chronicles the Proteus wreck after ice floes crushed her hull. Lieutenant Colwell saved three boats and loaded stores for a grueling relief voyage across Smith Sound toward Life Boat Cove and Pandora Harbor. The rescue progressed amid storms, heavy ice, and shifting routes via Cape York Upernavik and St John’s, ending with the Yantic picking up survivors. The narrative blends voyage peril with the broader Arctic relief effort and includes unrelated ad copy about “Rough on Rats.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Tribune
Greeley
Colwell
United States Navy
Fort Conger
Smith Sound
Life Boat Cove
Sound
Pandora Harbor
Sophia
Cape York
Conical Rock
Upernavik
Leutenant Colville
Melville Bey
Yantic
Garlington
St. John’s