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Picture Library catalogue: Eclipse and Maud Voyages 1888-89

 

'Eclipse'. Making off blubber

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Accession no.: P48/285/111
Title: 'Eclipse'. Making off blubber
Description: View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand at benches along the ships rail and on the foredeck. On the benches are blocks of blubber which they are cutting. Two crew members stand holding blocks of blubber on boathooks. More blocks of blubber lie on the deck.
Dimensions:
  • Width: 150mm, height: 100mm
Location: Greenland
Image by: Livingstone-Learmonth, Walter
Colour or B&W?: Black and white