Lost in the Ice

Lightship Cross Rip vanished off her station near Nantucket, Massachusetts, in February 1918 during the record “freeze-up” that year, the coldest North American winter in a century.  Caught in pack ice, the old, small vessel with her crew of Cape Cod watermen drifted into the broad Atlantic and was never seen again.  What precisely happened to Cross Rip and why, and was her first mate a hero?

This talk will be virtual and is a part of the Balch Library fall lecture series.  You can register here.  Use the drop down and register for a lecture.  Let the library know you’ll be attending the Lost in the Ice talk on November 17th.  Once you register, the library will send you a link to join the virtual presentation.  I look forward to “seeing” you on November 17th at 1:00pm.