In today's devlog we want to shed a light how people lived on a vessel like HMS "Chione" during polar night
[/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/42049399/2e25a785a07be4a54902627349a61d0400d76ef9.png"][/img][/p][p align="start"]In the 19th century, venturing into the Arctic meant accepting months of darkness, isolation, and uncertainty. During the polar night when the sun never rises above the horizon life aboard an exploration vessel became a test of endurance as much as navigation.[/p][p align="start"]Expeditions like those led by Sir John Franklin, Fridtjof Nansen, and Adolphus Greely relied on stout wooden ships reinforced to survive crushing sea ice. Yet even the strongest hull could become trapped, frozen fast in a silent white wilderness for the entire winter.[/p][p][/p]
