What do you know about the Arctic ship "Aarvak"?

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When was the ship "Aarvak" built?

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At which shipyard was "Aarvak" built?

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What year was "Aarvak" sold to Peter S Brandal?

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What year will "Aarvak" switch to a diesel engine?

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What year was "Aarvak" on its last seal hunting trip?

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When did "Aarvak" have its last trip as a tourist ship on Sunnmøre?

Photos: Webjørn Landmark

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When was the protective building over "Aarvak" opened?

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Who had the longest seagoing service as skipper aboard "Aarvak"?

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Which Arctic ship is the oldest purpose-built for sealing?

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"Aarvak" went every summer for many years in Greenland. Who commissioned it?

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The Arctic ship "Aarvak"

"Aarvak" was built at Kristian Dekke's shipyard, Laksevåg near Bergen, in 1912. "Aarvak" was built for Bergens Sælfangere AS. Until the Second World War, Arctic ships were built with cutter hulls.

Seal hunting has been practiced along our coast for thousands of years. Seals were easy to catch and provided a lot of nutritious food for a growing coastal population, although it was probably the fat that was most important, even then.

Father and son Brandal started the seal hunt from Sunnmøre

1898 was a landmark year for the fishermen from Sunnmøre. Severin Brandal, father of Peter S. Brandal, took the lead in establishing seal fishing from Sunnmøre. Both men had noticed for several years, while fishing for cod in Finnmarka, that the skates there were loaded with skins and blubber from seals.