"Here’s How a Crew Survived an 1813 Shipwreck" Topic

"In the early 19th century, a Russian-American Company ship called the Neva gained worldwide fame for its role in the first-ever Russian circumnavigation of the globe. But in January 1813, the ship gained notoriety for something else — its wreck. Now, Stephanie Pappas reports for LiveScience, scientists think they've unearthed a camp that's full of clues about just how the shipwrecked crew survived.

Pappas writes that survivors managed to make it to shore and live for almost a month in the middle of winter before they were rescued on the island of Sitka in Prince William Sound. The story of their dramatic wreck and survival lived on in the oral histories of Sitka's indigenous Tlingit people, reports Pappa, despite a dearth of official reports or written information about the wreck…"
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