Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting

Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting

By W. G. Burn Murdoch
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Excerpt: "The readers of this book will be interested to learn that the expedition from Dundee which set out for the Antarctic regions in 1892 to the Weddell Sea, south and east of Graham's Land, and in which the author of the present volume took part, was the first of its kind since the famous expedition commanded by Sir James Ross in 1842. Dr W. S. Bruce, the distinguished polar traveller and oceanographer, was the scientific naturalist, and Mr Burn Murdoch, the author of this volume, was the artist and historian of the expedition, which is described by his pen in "From Edinburgh to the Antarctic." It consisted of three whaling vessels specially built of great strength to withstand ice pressure, barque rigged and fitted with auxiliary steam power. They were accompanied by a Norwegian barque of similar type. The chief object of the expedition was the capture of the Right or Bowhead whale by old methods, from small boats. For three months these vessels were continuously amongst the thick pack ice and enormous bergs on the east side of Graham's Land."

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GenreBiography and Memoir, Travel
Length11 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1MODERN WHALING & BEAR-HUNTING
22CHAPTER XX
2LIST OF CONTENTS
23CHAPTER XXI
3CHAPTER I
24CHAPTER XXII
4CHAPTER II
25CHAPTER XXIII
5CHAPTER III
26CHAPTER XXIV
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6CHAPTER IV
27CHAPTER XXV
7CHAPTER V
28CHAPTER XXVI
8CHAPTER VI
29CHAPTER XXVII
9CHAPTER VII
30CHAPTER XXVIII
10CHAPTER VIII
31CHAPTER XXIX
11CHAPTER IX
32CHAPTER XXX
12CHAPTER X
33CHAPTER XXXI
13CHAPTER XI
34CHAPTER XXXII
14CHAPTER XII
35CHAPTER XXXIII
15CHAPTER XIII
36CHAPTER XXXIV
16CHAPTER XIV
37CHAPTER XXXV
17CHAPTER XV
38CHAPTER XXXVI
18CHAPTER XVI
39CHAPTER XXXVII
19CHAPTER XVII
40CHAPTER XXXVIII
20CHAPTER XVIII
41APPENDIX
21CHAPTER XIX

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