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... gale which piled the masses of ice against them . The sight of these six vessels with their heavy - built hulls and great yards against the white ice hemming them in , unable to proceed further , was impressive as a picture but ...
... gale which piled the masses of ice against them . The sight of these six vessels with their heavy - built hulls and great yards against the white ice hemming them in , unable to proceed further , was impressive as a picture but ...
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... gale over the icy white expanse , there was enough going on to unnerve most people . Sud- denly made homeless , many of these seafarers were but lightly clad and just able to leap on to the frozen surface . The Ville de Dieppe , partly ...
... gale over the icy white expanse , there was enough going on to unnerve most people . Sud- denly made homeless , many of these seafarers were but lightly clad and just able to leap on to the frozen surface . The Ville de Dieppe , partly ...
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... gale bad Sea steered down past Cape Campbell looking for the harbor . At 5 saw it bearing N.W steered for it and at 6 happily came to an Anchor . thus after much toil fatigue and Labour we are happily Arrived at our port it now only ...
... gale bad Sea steered down past Cape Campbell looking for the harbor . At 5 saw it bearing N.W steered for it and at 6 happily came to an Anchor . thus after much toil fatigue and Labour we are happily Arrived at our port it now only ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTION | 13 |
THE NORTHERN QUEST | 26 |
WHALING ENTERPRISE | 32 |
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aboard Alabama alongside American whalers anchor Antarctic Arctic ashore Balana barque became Bedford began blow blubber blue whale boat British whaling cachalot Cape Captain captured carcase cargo catchers century cetacean chase coast Company craft crew cruising Cuttyhunk Island Davis Straits dead whale deck Dundee Dutch Enderby English expedition exploration Falklands fin-whale fishing flensing floating factories flukes gale Graham Land Greenland Harbour harpoon harpoon-gun hauled Hull humpback hunting island killed lance latter mammal mate miles Nantucket northern Norwegian oars Peterhead port Port Charcot right whale rorquals round sailing ships sailors Scoresby seals seamen season Semmes sent shallop Shetlands ship's shore side sighted skipper South Georgia South Orkneys South Sea South Shetlands southern whaling sperm whale Spitzbergen steam Svend Foyn tons towing vessels voyage Weddell whale-catchers whalebone WHALER WANDERER whaling industry whaling ships whilst wind wrecked