Polar bear skin being stretched and cleaned on deck of whaling ship

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Polar bear skin being stretched and cleaned on deck of whaling ship
Lantern slide of glass with metal frame

Donated by Mr Robert Ferguson
Museum number 1975-2-4-54

This lantern slide shows a scene from the deck of a whaling ship. Five crewmen are standing around a stretching frame on which is the skin of a polar bear. One of the five is cleaning the skin. Behind the men, two whaleboats are hanging on davits.