Whalers and Whaling: The Story of the Whaling Ships Up to the Present Day |
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