SS Windward—whaler and Arctic exploration ship

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Buchan, Alex R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; North Pole; Fridtjof; Franz Josef Land; Peary; Harmsworth; Davis Strait; Fridtjof Nansen; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009177; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009177

Abstract Windward , a three-masted barque, was built in Peterhead in 1860 for the whaling trade, and fitted with steam engines in 1866. Almost every year for 33 years she visited the Arctic in pursuit of whales and seals, latterly belonging to the Grays, an outstanding Peterhead whaling family. Sold...