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A Newfoundland floating factory whaling expedition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

A. B. Dickinson  and
C. W. Sanger
A. B. Dickinson
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, CanadaA1B 3X9
C. W. Sanger
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, CanadaA1B 3X9
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Abstract

Modern shore station whaling spread from Norway to Newfoundland in 1896 with development of the Cabot Steam Whaling Co Ltd. Their success stimulated formation of a second company, the Newfoundland Steam Whaling Co Ltd, which in 1908 mounted a pelagic expedition to hunt in both hemispheres, particularly from the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and off northern Labrador. The expedition was a failure, and Newfoundland whaling remained a totally shore-based industry until cessation in 1972.

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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 161 , April 1991 , pp. 125 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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