Sealer's trypot on the grounds of the Scott Polar Research Institute
The old sealers' iron trypot from South Georgia was found on King Edward Point, Grytviken, where it stood near the Magistrate's house until 1952. It is probably late 18th or early 19th century. It was gifted to the Museum in 1952 by Sir Miles Clifford (1897-1986), Anthropologist and Govern...
| Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7939/R3Q23R009 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/45783e19-8e5d-47e6-95e3-8f64014d436d |
| Summary: | The old sealers' iron trypot from South Georgia was found on King Edward Point, Grytviken, where it stood near the Magistrate's house until 1952. It is probably late 18th or early 19th century. It was gifted to the Museum in 1952 by Sir Miles Clifford (1897-1986), Anthropologist and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Falkland Islands. Text courtesy Heather Lane, Librarian and Keeper of Collections, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. SPRI ref (Y: 52/53) |
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