Point Belcher - Site of the Whaling disaster of 1871 and dozens of shipwrecks.

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Point Belcher was named after Admiral Sir Edward Belcher of the British Royal Navy.

Site of a summer native fishing/whaling village. Shown on 1950's topo maps:
www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-159.6513889&lat=70.792777...

Site of dozens of shipwrecks, due to being caught in ice:
genealogytrails.com/alaska/shipwrecks.html

Site of 1871 Whaling ship disaster, when a fleet of 33 American whaling ships were trapped in the Arctic ice and abandoned by the 1200 crewmembers. (also see Wikipedia link below)
www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF19/1930.html:


Archaeological work of the 1871 wreck area:(PDF)
www.polar.ch2m.com/Files/PDFs/Beebe0724676PlanFinal2008...

Photo of Point Belcher:
130.166.124.2/alaska_panorama_atlas/page8/files/page8-1...

Photos of Inupiaq Eskimo winter houses and the village on Point Belcher:
www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=151
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_Disaster_of_1871
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   70°47'58"N   159°37'28"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago