The ship of traveler Roald Amundsen has been taken from the bottom of Arctic

The vessel that acquired name ‘Maud’ went down in 1930 not far away from the settlement Cambridge Bay that is situated at the south coast of the island Victoria in Arctic Canadian area Nunavut. The ship itself was floated out in 1917 and was called in honor of Maud of Wales, the queen of Norway (who ruled from 1905 to 1938).

The famous Norwegian researcher of Arctic was at this ship in the course of expedition of 1918-1920 in Northeast Passage. In 1925 the vessel was sold and up to 1926 it had been used in Canada for freight traffic when it was hold by ice near the settlement Cambridge Bay where it sank in four years.

‘It was very beautiful and strong ship. We are pleased that today we could see ‘Maud’ in rather good conditions’, claimed the participant of Norwegian research group Jan Vanggaard.

He added that his team has worked in the region of Nunavut during the last six years. As the result, they succeeded in raising ship, establishing it barge and clean the corpus. ‘Maud’ will spend one more winter in Canadian Arctic; afterwards it will be delivered in Norway, TASS reports.