Black and white photograph relating to the wreck of the ship Pourquois-Pas? near Iceland, captained by Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936); a portrait of Charcot. Pourquoi Pas? IV was the fourth ship built for Jean-Baptiste Charcot, which completed the second Charcot expedition of the Antarctic regions from 1908 to 1910. Charcot died aboard when the ship was wrecked on 16 September 1936, off the coast of Iceland. Of the forty men on board, only one survived.

Black and white photograph relating to the wreck of the ship Pourquois-Pas? near Iceland, captained by Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936); a portrait of Charcot. Pourquoi Pas? IV was the fourth ship built for Jean-Baptiste Charcot, which completed the second Charcot expedition of the Antarctic regions from 1908 to 1910. Charcot died aboard when the ship was wrecked on 16 September 1936, off the coast of Iceland. Of the forty men on board, only one survived. Stock Photo
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5705 x 3676 px | 48.3 x 31.1 cm | 19 x 12.3 inches | 300dpi

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