Kept by a crewman aboard the voyage of the SS Polar Star to the Greenland Sea.
With ever growing interest in the career of the Peterhead whaler 'Polar Star'. The diary has been uploaded from a voyage to the Greenland Sea.
It was kept by Peterhead sailmaker William Rennie Forrest, who carried on as a crewman aboard the ship after her sale and transfer to Dundee.
Further reading: http://www.nefa.net/archive/peopleandlife/sea/polarstar/diary.htm