Scottish Arctic whaling
Sanger, Chesley W.2016
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'Scottish Arctic Whaling' brings to light a previously little-known but important Scottish industry. The author's extensive use of original sources such as log-books and diaries shows that hundreds of whaling vessels, sailing variously from sixteen east-coast Scottish ports, harvested more than 20,000 bowhead whales at East Greenland, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay during the 18th and 19th centuries. And they did so under almost unimaginably demanding and hazardous conditions. More than 110 ships were lost, while others were often detained within the pack-ice, causing the whale men to suffer starvation, disease, scurvy, frostbite and death.
Main title:
Scottish Arctic whaling / Chesley W. Sanger.
Author:
Sanger, Chesley W., author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : John Donald, 2016.
Collation:
xx, 220 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts, maps, tables ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781906566777 (pbk)
Dewey class:
639.2809411091632639.28639.280639.28094
LC class:
SH382
Local class:
639.28D18.71 SAN
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1434789