Donald Manson

Donald Manson (1792–1880) was a renowned ice master and whaling captain in the northern reaches of the Arctic Ocean in the 19th century. He served on 42 whaling voyages as of 1854, and was first mate of the Sophia during the First Grinnell Expedition in 1850. He was hired as ice master for numerous expeditions for his skill of navigating the icy waters of Greenland and further north, including Edward Augustus Inglefield's 1853 expedition aboard HMS Phoenix. Manson also captained at least one voyage of Scottish emigrants to Pictou in Nova Scotia in 1842, and the pioneers praised him as "humane and gentlemanly." He served as Harbormaster of Peterhead from the 1840s until his death.

For the Scottish-Canadian fur trader, see Donald Manson (fur trader).

Donald Manson
Captain Donald Manson, Harbormaster of Peterhead
Born1792
Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Died1880
Peterhead, Scotland
Occupation(s)Ice master, whaler, harbormaster

A painting of Captain Manson is on display in the Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead.

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