#frozen ship

[ltwilliammowett]

Morning after the storm in Copenhagen , by Christian Mølsted, 1919

[venusssus]

Hey so just a very depressive reminder that Hans was the one who took Elsa back home to Arendelle.

Elsa would have probably never met Anna again if it wasn’t for him lol my pookie deserves all the best shit so redeem him in Frozen3/4 and make Helsa canon cause i’m tired

[arendelle-archives]

Written by: @virtual-winter June 7th, 2023

The title kinda says it all. This was a quick analysis I made covering the very niche topic of Prince Hans' ship. I found it has a much stronger presence in the franchise than you might think!

For a long time, I only had a single piece of concept art by Cory Loftis to go on but after finding the profile view in this post's title, I started looking for it in the movies. And it was there alright!

I owe great thanks to the fantastic blog @theartoffrozen (that collects amazing Frozen concept art) for being the source of many of the pics for this analysis!

So, here is my walk-trough of every appearance of Hans' ship!

/virtual-winter

[siryl]

"Frozen Sea" by Max Trotzki.

[bolinhopodre]

[ltwilliammowett]

A ship frozen in ice in a snowy winter landscape, by Thomas Heeremans, 19th century

[ltwilliammowett]

Sally Ship

Who hasn't had that experience when you're out on the ice and suddenly your ship freezes up? To fix it, the crew had to run from side to side to get it to roll so they could break it free. But that didn't always work and was usually only done to keep the hull off the ice as long as possible to minimise the pressure on it.

HMS Assistance in the Ice, by Thomas Sewell Robins, 1853. With her one does not need to try the free rolling anymore. (x) 

At some point, however, this no longer worked and the ship froze solid. With luck, the hull survived this and the ship itself was free to sail again in the next thaw.

[siryl]

An eerie arctic scene by Erik Nykvist.