A veteran seal catcher cum expedition vessel that has had a long and advenurouse existance.
Seen here arriving back in Tromsø in 1956 very heavy loaded and deep in the water, with a
record 32026 seal skins and 420 tonnes blubber onboard:
Seal catching had been done in the Gulf of Sant Lauwrance, New Foundland
Off season she was used as a fishing vessel, or for scientific expeditions in the Arctic.
She also did two expedition trips to Anarctica. First together with “Polarbjørn” in 1956-57:
https://www.ishavsmuseet.no/blogger/operasjon-pingvin/
And together with “Polarhav” in 1957-58:
Built in Finland in1942 as a tug for the German Navy and converted to a seal catcher/fishing vessel in Norway in1950. She sunk off Hopen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago 19. August 1973.
How she looked on arrival Norway1950 (still as Salvage tug):
Her history from the Polar Museum records:
https://www.ishavsmuseet.no/skutekatalog/polarsirkel/