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9. Schooner Jenny

The Jenny was a British schooner that reportedly became frozen in an ice-barrier of the Drake Passage in 1823, only to be rediscovered years later by a whaling ship, the bodies onboard being preserved by the Antarctic cold.

According to the account, the ghost ship was discovered by Captain Brighton of the whaler Hope on September 22, 1840, after having been locked in the ice for 17 years.

The party that boarded the ship found the last log entry by the captain, which read: May 4, 1823. No food for 71 days.

"I am the only one left alive."

The last port of call had been Lima, Peru. The cold had preserved the ship. The captain was found sitting in a chair with the pen still in his hand (exactly as in the Octavius legend). The Jenny had seven people aboard, including one woman, and a dog.