Research Question and 3 Scholarly Sources

“Ghost Ships,” or ships that have been abandoned, wrecked, or lost for an unknown reason, can bring to light to the mentality of the crew and captain as well as give insight about the values of the time period. Many researchers debate whether or not these ships were abandoned due to either conflict or abandoned due to weather complications, as well as if the crew died of starvation or freezing temperatures. 

Why are so many fascinated with ghost ships and why are there so many books based off of the phenomena? What are the similarities between the cases and how do they intertwine together to reveal a common theme about ghost ship cases?

Reuther, Joshua D., and Jason S. Rogers. “Rediscovering Lost Relationships: Canadian Arctic Ethnographic Materials Recovered from the ‘ghost Ship’ Baychimo and the University of Alaska Museum of the North.” Polar Record, vol. 52, no. 4, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 464–73, doi:10.1017/S0032247416000115.

Fay, Charles Edey. Mary Celeste; the Odyssey of an Abandoned Ship. Peabody museum, 1942.

Jill Farinelli. The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship. University Press of New England, 2017.