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Life is Like Sailing - Vancouver Maritme Museum
December 20, 2016 · 11 min · 4K views · Vancouver Maritime Museum
What this video covers
Alfy and his children visit the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, to tour the historic RCMP vessel St. Roch.0:36 The museum houses the ship inside a permanent A-frame structure near Kitsilano Beach, where it has remained since being hauled ashore in 1958.6:40 The exhibits detail the vessel's service history, including its 1940–1942 transit of the Northwest Passage under Captain Henry Larsen to assert Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic.4:18 The display highlights the ship's 1950 circumnavigation of North America via the Panama Canal and its subsequent retirement from service in 1954.6:07 The museum provides historical context on the RCMP's role in the North and the technical challenges of navigating ice-bound Arctic waters during the mid-20th century.
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