Part one of a fictional short story written for the Violas Trust by David Drewery.
I’m Ole Hansen and I am the Mate on the little ship the Dias, based mostly on a speck of land in the far south of the Atlantic, the island of South Georgia. It’s a grand p…
This iconic painting by Larry Malkin of the Viola on the beach in Grytviken is just one of the artworks which is it hoped will inspire artists and writers to enter the Viola 1,000 Words competition, with the chance for creatives of all ages to win cash pr…
This is the second part of the story “South to the Ice”, by David Drewry. Ole Hanson, the Mate of the “Dias” (a converted trawler originally named “Viola, built in Beverley to work in the North Sea, now a sealing ship owned by a Norwegian company and bas…
Kirkella is a distant water stern trawler/ factory freezer ship owned by UK Fisheries Ltd and supplying eight per cent of the cod and haddock to British fish and chip shops. Built by the Krist shipyard in Poland and fitted out by Mykebust Verft As of Norw…
This is the final part of the story “South to the Ice”, by David Drewry. Ole Hanson, the Mate of the “Dias” (a converted trawler originally named “Viola, built in Beverley to work in the North Sea, now a sealing ship owned by a Norwegian company and base…
