Victor's mission (which had just traversed the ice sheets in 50 days) and after carrying out a survey mission, Pourquoi-Pas stopped at Reykjavík to re-provision with fuel on 13 September. They set out for Saint-Malo two days later, on 15 September, but on 16 September the ship was caught in a violent cyclonic storm and lost on the reefs of Álftanes at Mýrar. 23 of the crew were lost in the wreck and 17 survivors died before rescue came, leaving only one survivor, Eugène Gonidec, master steersman. Jean-Baptiste Charcot was one of the dead, aged 69. Pourquoi Pas Point and Pourquoi Pas Island were later named after it. See also List of Antarctic exploration ships from the Heroic Age, 1897–1922 Specifications Ship type: barque Expeditions: Antarctic: 1908 to 1910 Arctic: 1921, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931–1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 Oceanographic equipment: trawling and drag nets, screws, sounding equipment, water bottles and thermometers Gallery External links gabierschimeriques.free.fr Le Pourquoi-Pas? en Antarctique Text of the report on its shipwreck by Eugène Gonidec, sole survivor Exploration ships Ships of France 1908 ships is:Pourquoi-Pas ?