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All "British Arctic Territory" flags are hoaxes, developed by Clay Moss et al. on April Fools' Days
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A joint British/Canadian team of underwater researchers, using a
sophisticated sonar scan and an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), announced
sonar images revealed the outline of a well-preserved ship approximately 20 feet
in length resting upright only some 45 feet below the surface of Netilling Lake
on Baffin Island. The discovery may well become one of the most puzzling
mysteries in recent maritime history because of its unusual location at 660 34'N
730 25'W. The few details presently known including some skeletal remains
discovered near the shipwreck, plus stories from the local Inuit of a ghostlike
ship seen in nearby waters, threaten to tell a grisly tale in what may or may
not become one of the most significant scientific riddles in the Arctic’s
retreating murky waters.
While the research team has yet to recover any
actual artifacts from the wreck, many have already hailed the find as a major
breakthrough in Arctic Circle history. Using the AUV’s onboard high definition
video camera, the team was able to get a close up look at the ship as it sat on
the sea floor, and discovered the strange remains of a burgee gently floating in
the currents from a short flag staff on the small ship’s stern. Apparently
bleached white, close examination of the triangular-shaped flag reviewed it had
originally had an unknown emblem stitched on it. This artifact the researchers
consider a most significant clue to the ship’s identity and its story.
Source: BAT Monthly Register, Issue 1, April 2019
Pete Loeser, 1
April 2019
