A Tale of Ghost Ships Three!

Summary

In 1933, a Scottish botanist reportedly saw the abandoned steamship Baychimo drifting past the Alaskan coast on an ice floe, appearing upside down in a strange mirage with no crew aboard. Abandoned two years earlier, the Baychimo kept resurfacing across the Arctic for decades and became one of history's most famous ghost ships. This episode examines the Baychimo alongside two other legendary vessels, the frozen Octavius and the Ourang Medan, whose crew was reportedly found mysteriously dead shortly before the ship exploded and sank.

Key takeaways

• 1In 1933 a Scottish botanist reportedly saw the Baychimo drifting on an ice floe off Alaska, appearing upside down in a mirage with no crew
• 2The SS Baychimo was abandoned in 1931 but was repeatedly sighted drifting across the Arctic in later years
• 3The Octavius is a legendary ghost ship said to have been found frozen in the ice with its crew still aboard
• 4The crew of the Ourang Medan was reportedly found mysteriously dead shortly before the ship exploded and sank
• 5The final resting place of at least one of these vessels remains unknown

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