Whaling ship at the edge of the ice

Whaling ship at edge of ice
Photographed by S. W. Pritchard, Marshall Street, Lochee, Dundee
Late 19th century
Photograph made of paper, mounted on card
Museum number 1988-270-7
This sepia print shows a whaling ship at the edge of the ice. In the foreground is an area of ice and snow, with a man standing in sillhouette at the left centre. There is another man standing on the right. Between them a group of men are pushing a small boat with a white hull, and two others are hauling a rope to pull this boat. In the background is a whaling ship, three master, with her mainsails and royals furled but her topsails and spanker set. The print is mounted in a card frame with the name S. W. Pritchard scrolled at the bottom right corner.