Apr 29, 2022 | Andre/Others, Salvesen, Collections, Companies / Companies, Syd Georgia/South Georgia
From Al Greig I received the following photo with a section of “The Great Tapestry of Scotland”.
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Whaling
Whale oil was used in lighting and demand drove a major expansion in whaling. Whaling ships sailed the Arctic out of ports such as Dundee and Peterhead until overfishing seriously depleted stocks. In the early 1900s, Christian Salvesen built whaling stations in Shetland and on the island of South Georgia in the Antarctic. He used the entire carcass of the whale and became the largest whaling company in the world. By the end of the 20th century, stocks had dwindled alarmingly. A complete ban on fishing had to be imposed to allow whale populations to recover.
The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Photo: Al Greig
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Mar 18, 2021 | Andre/Others, Flk S, Country stations / Shore stations, Leith Harbour, Salvesen, Collections, Companies / Companies, South Georgia Co., Southern Venturer, Syd Georgia/South Georgia
Kokeriet “Southern Venturer” Find and compare hotels in Leith Harbor, South Georgia. In the background is what looks like the transport ship “Southern Opal”.
Original color image. Just cleaned up and color-stained p.g.a. fading.
Photo: Tommy Moore
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Feb 4, 2021 | Andre/Others, Flk T, Kerguelen Whaling & Sealing Co., Collections, Companies / Companies, Table Mountain
Kokeriet “Table Mountain” hauls up blue whales through the break.
Photo: Tor Hjaltun
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Oct 7, 2020 | In other years & Co., Flk K, whaling Museum, Kosmos, cosmos II, Sandefjord, Companies / Companies
Flk “cosmos II” on the way into Sandefjordsfjorden sometime in the 30s. Original photo: Vestfold museums. Can be purchased as a print. I take coloring assignments.
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Aug 26, 2020 | Flk H, Hector Whaling Co., Hektor, Hektoria (2), whaling Museum, Sandefjord, Companies / Companies
Flk “Hektoria” (2). Built as a passenger- and the freezer vessel “Medic” for White Star Line i 1899. Original photo: Vestfold museums. Can be purchased as a print. I take coloring assignments.
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Aug 5, 2020 | Flk T, national Library, Sandefjord, Companies / Companies, Thorndahl, Thorshammer
Flk “Thorshammer”. Photo taken between 1928 and 1931, before she got stern release. In front is D / T “Thor Minor”. Original photo: Wilse / National Library. Can be purchased as a print. I take coloring assignments.
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Jun 8, 2020 | Flk S, whaling Museum, Kokerier/Floating factories, Salvesen, Sourabaya, South Georgia Co., Tønsberg
Salvesens smell Flk “Sourabaya” at the quay in Tonsberg.
coloring: Photo focal / Geir Rosset
Posted with permission from The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord.
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Aug 16, 2017 | Flk S, whaling Museum, Johan Rasmussen, Johan Rasmussen & Co., Ross Sea, Sir James Clark Ross
Kokeriet “Sir James Clark Ross” Netherlands towed by tug “President Roosevelt”.
Posted with permission from The Whaling Museum in Sandefjord.
Photographer: unknown
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Dec 8, 2016 | A / S Vega, Borge, Unidentified / Unidentified
Some of the crew aboard the Flk “Commander In” sometime between 1923 and 1927. Some have been on bear hunting, and since it's a brown bear, it must be from the period when the factory ship captured by the Bering Strait off Alaska. Other fields “Commander In” caught was Kamsjatka, Mexico and the Galapagos. A / S Vega with deficit and the ship was sold to Pesca in 1927 and renamed “Ernesto Tornquist”.
Photo: Ridar Bjørge Borge
Year: 1923-1927.
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Nov 22, 2016 | Christiansen, Linjedåp, Ross Sea
King Neptune with a result comes on board in Ross Sea Flk “Sir James Clark Ross” (1922)i 1926/27.
Photo: Ove Christiansen
Year: 1926-1930.
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