- A try pot is a
large pot used to
remove and
render the oil from
blubber obtained from
cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and
pinnipeds (seals), and also to...
-
constructed of
brick and
attached to the deck with iron braces. Two cast-iron
trypots are set atop the furnace. It is
similar to the
rendering process for producing...
- recorded,
seven of
which ended in shipwreck.
Sealing relics include iron
trypots, the
ruins of huts and inscriptions. The
occasional modern sealing vessel...
- cut into
smaller pieces to be
boiled into oil in
large copper kettles (
trypots). The
Dutch eschewed this system,
bringing the
whales into the shallows...
-
exploited for oil.
Rockhopper and
gentoo penguins were
rendered down in
trypots from 1860
until the 1880s.
Although the
first telephone lines were installed...
- with
Fortuna Bay, only 22
miles (35 km) to the northwest. Old
sealing trypots can
still be seen here, and
there is also the
wreck of the
Bayard here...
- that much of the
mangrove habitat on the
islands was
cleared as fuel for
trypots, and this may have
affected the
survival of
young pups. Po****tions are...
- The
refit included the
installation of a trywork, an on-board pair of
trypots used to
render blubber into
whale oil. In 1860, the ship was converted...
-
century whaler was
indicated by the
anchor and
various whaling tools such as
trypots,
there were
three such
whalers known to have
wrecked at the
French Frigate...
- the
Rangatira wetland via a boardwalk. This
track allows visitors to see
trypots previously used for
rendering whale blubber, and the
historic Whare. The...
