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The ship that drifted alone for nearly 40 years

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The SS Baychimo was trapped in Arctic ice in 1931 and fully abandoned by its freezing crew. Miraculously, the empty cargo ship broke free and continued floating around the frigid seas entirely on its own, sighted randomly by sailors for nearly forty years.

The ship that drifted alone for nearly 40 years
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