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Brategg: the polar vessel that was also Jopeter, Polarbjørn, Lady Johnson II, Beothic Endeavour and Arctic Trader

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2018

Magnus Sefland
Magnus Sefland*
Affiliation:
Vikenvegen 10, N-2816 Gjøvik, Norway (sefgam@yahoo.no)
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Abstract

The history of maritime activity in polar regions is highly dynamic. It is the record of the fortunes of men and machines driven before the winds of economic and social change, scientific discovery, technological development and world events. This paper describes the career of the Norwegian Arctic sealer Brategg during the six decades from its construction in 1932 to its destruction in 1994. Although a record of a single vessel, Brategg’s story, involving investment and bankruptcy, war service, shipwreck, and innovation and renovation in both Arctic and Antarctic waters, also serves as a model of the changing times and fortunes of the Norwegian polar fleet as a whole across the twentieth century.

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Polar Record , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 79 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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