Shark Hunting

A fisherman aims a harpoon gun at a basking shark in waters off the Western Hebrides, Scotland. Ex-Scots Guard Major Gavin Maxwell purchased the small island of Soay to build a shark factory and also owns the boat used for hunting, 'The Snow Leopard'. His crew of seven launch the vessel when a shark is sighted and use a harpoon gun, specially designed by Maxwell, to kill the fish before it is hauled ashore, 1946. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4209 - Shark Hunting - pub. 21st September 1946 (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
A fisherman aims a harpoon gun at a basking shark in waters off the Western Hebrides, Scotland. Ex-Scots Guard Major Gavin Maxwell purchased the small island of Soay to build a shark factory and also owns the boat used for hunting, 'The Snow Leopard'. His crew of seven launch the vessel when a shark is sighted and use a harpoon gun, specially designed by Maxwell, to kill the fish before it is hauled ashore, 1946. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4209 - Shark Hunting - pub. 21st September 1946 (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Shark Hunting
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Credit:
Raymond Kleboe / Stringer
Editorial #:
179809420
Collection:
Picture Post
Date created:
January 01, 1946
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Picture Post
Object name:
J170796702
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