Down to Sally's Cove: Newfoundland Stories by Ella Manuel

Episode 38 - SIX MONTHS ADRIFT ON THE ICE

November 17, 2020 Antony Berger Season 5 Episode 38
Down to Sally's Cove: Newfoundland Stories by Ella Manuel
Episode 38 - SIX MONTHS ADRIFT ON THE ICE
Show Notes

During the long history of Arctic exploration, of expeditions that disappeared and of the many attempts to find them, one in particular stands out for its connection with Captain Isaac Bartlett of Brigus. Here is Ella Manuel's re-telling of the rescue of shipwreck survivors from  southward-drifting Greenland ice floes.