Petter Sørlle
Petter Sørlle (February 16, 1884 - May 29, 1933) was a Norwegian whaling captain and inventor. [1]
Biography
Petter Martin Mattias Koch Sørlle was born at Tune (now Sarpsborg) in Østfold, Norway. Both his father and grand-father had been sailors. He was engaged in whaling from Vestfold and later participated in Antarctica whaling near the South Georgia Island and South Orkney Islands. [2]
He invented slipways for whaling ships which he patented in 1922. His invention was a device by which the whale could be fully drawn to the ship. The pickup slip was first used in the Antarctic Ocean by the whaling company Globus of Larvik on-board the FLK Lancing during the season 1925-26. [3]
Sørlle was the first manager of the United Whalers whaling shore station at Stromness, South Georgia. He carried out surveys and is commemorated by several place names in Antarctic waters.[4] [5]
See also
References
- ↑ Bjørn L. Basberg. "Petter Sørlle". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Petter Sørlle". polarhistorie.no. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ "1925 DS/FLK Lancing". lardex.net. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ↑ R.K. Headland. "Whaling Stations: Stromness". South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Petter Sørlle". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
Other sources
- Næss, Øyvind (1951) Hvalfangerselskapet Globus A/S 1925-1950 : et kapitel av den moderne hvalfangsts historie (Larvik: Hvalfangerselskapet Globus)
- Tønnessen, Joh N.; & Johnsen, Arne Odd (1982). The History of Modern Whaling. (University of California Press). ISBN 0520039734.
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