SS Viking
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SS Viking was a wooden-hulled sealing ship made famous by its role in the 1931 film The Viking. During her use in the seal hunt in Newfoundland, the ship was twice commissioned by the film crew. Durin
Viking in 1882
Fridtjof Nansen (left) and Captain Axel Krefting, sitting on just shot polar bear with the Viking in the background (One of the pictures from a journey with sealers to Vestisen during the period March to July 1882).
SS Southern Cross (1886)
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SS Southern Cross was a steam-powered sealing vessel that operated primarily in Norway and Newfoundland.
SS Viking
…and film crew. In 1881, Viking was built by the Nylands Shipyard at Christiania, Norway, the same location where another famous Newfoundland vessel, Southern Cross, was constructed. Viking was a vessel of 620 gross tons and equipped with a 90-horsepower (67 kW) auxiliary engine. She was launched in 1882 from the…
Southern Cross in the Derwent River, Tasmania, 1898
SS Southern Cross ship on the Southern Cross Expedition ca 1899
Theodolite work in the ice pack, during Southern Cross Expedition, with the SS Southern Cross in the background
During the Southern Cross Expedition