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The Academic Iofe, an Arctic Cruise Ship Following in the Path of the Franklin Expedition

My trip to follow in the footsteps of an arctic voyage where things had gone incredibly wrong. There was a huge bumpa. This was about 15, 20 minutes after the big bump, and the ah, it feels like the ship is trying to pull itself off a rock. They said, ye, we grounded. We actlly grounded the ship. That's john stuart of thunder bay, canada. He was my 91 year old bunk mate on the academic iofe,. An arctic cruise ship that was following in the path of the franklin expedition. A famous arctic voyage that left in 18 forty five to chart the northwest passage, but instead found themselves stuck in the ice

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