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16 - Industrial Whaling in the Arctic and Antarctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2023

By
Bjørn L. Basberg  and
Louwrens Hacquebord
Edited by
Adrian Howkins  and
Peder Roberts
Adrian Howkins
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Peder Roberts
Affiliation:
University of Stavanger
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Summary

Compared with many other regions of the world, the polar regions have not been areas with much industry. The few exceptions, both north and south, have mostly been associated with resource exploitation: fur-hunting, sealing, whaling, mining – and also tourism. Therefore, in economic-geographical publications, the polar regions have usually been described as Resource Frontier Regions.1 Considering both the Arctic and the Antarctic, whaling stands out in terms of the very long time period in which it has continuously been undertaken – and in terms of its scale.

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WhalingArcticAntarctichistorySpitsbergenarchaeologybusiness historyNorwayNetherlands
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The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions , pp. 378 - 406
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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