Discarded, but not forgotten - Petrel (1928 ship) / Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands / SML.20151206.6D.35201
Petrel was a whaler, built in Oslo, in 1928, in operation in the waters around Antarctica for over three decades. She was steam-powered, and displaced just 245 tons. She was one of the first whalers built with a walkway connecting the bridge with her harpoon-cannon mounted in her bows.
In 1957, like other ships in the South Georgia whaling fleet, she was adapted to harvesting seals from the beaches where they raised their young. After serving as a sealing vessel Petrel was beached in Grytviken, South Georgia.
Taken Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 2015. Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
Discarded, but not forgotten - Petrel (1928 ship) / Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands / SML.20151206.6D.35201
Petrel was a whaler, built in Oslo, in 1928, in operation in the waters around Antarctica for over three decades. She was steam-powered, and displaced just 245 tons. She was one of the first whalers built with a walkway connecting the bridge with her harpoon-cannon mounted in her bows.
In 1957, like other ships in the South Georgia whaling fleet, she was adapted to harvesting seals from the beaches where they raised their young. After serving as a sealing vessel Petrel was beached in Grytviken, South Georgia.
Taken Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 2015. Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM