HMS Boreas (1757) and (20 guns) to intercept a French convoy in the Windward Passage. After sighting the five French vessels on the morning of 17 October, the British gave chase. Light winds slowed the chase so it was evening before "Boreas" could engage the 32-gun frigate "Sirène". French fire disabled "Boreas" aloft with the result that "Boreas" could not engage "Sirène" again until the following afternoon. "Boreas" emerged victorious from the engagement, capturing "Sirène", which suffered about 80 men killed and wounded, most of whom died later; "Boreas" lost only one man killed and one wounded. The French 20-gun corvette "Valeur", struck
Project Boreas Project Boreas Project Boreas was a study conducted between 2003 and 2006 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a station on the Planum Boreum at the Martian North Pole. The project was international, involving over 25 scientists and engineers, co-ordinated by Charles S. Cockell. Pole Station was designed to operate for three summers and two polar winters. Amongst a diversity of scientific objectives the station occupants were to retrieve a deep core from within the Martian polar ice cap and search for water and habitable conditions deep in the polar ice cap. Expeditions were planned to numerous locations across