MS Polstjerna Exhibit ...

• Main Author: Campbell, Sandy
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Alberta Library 2024
• Subjects: Polar ships - museum exhibits; Sealing vessels - Arctic Regions; Museums - Tromsø , Norway; Seal hunting - Arctic Regions; Photographs; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; MS Polstjerna; Norway; Polaria; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7939/r3-sycw-e781; https://ualberta.scholaris.ca/handle/123456789/4413

From the descriptive panel outside the exhibit: "The sealing vessel MS Polstjerna was built in 1949 and was designed to withstand the conditions of the Arctic Ocean. The vessel sailed for 33 hunting seasons and brought home more than 97,000 seals." The vessel sits in a dry-dock, with a gla...