Whaling Expedition of the Ulysses, 1937-38 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Walsh, Quentin R. (Quentin Robert), 1910-2000
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: Capelotti, P. J. (Peter Joseph), 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Walsh, Quentin R. > (Quentin Robert), > 1910-2000.
Ulysses (Whaling factory ship) > History.
United States. > Coast Guard > Officers > Biography.
Whaling > Australia > Shark Bay (W.A.) > History > 20th century.
Whaling > Antarctica > History > 20th century.
Whaling > Norway > History > 20th century.
Seafaring life > Australia > Shark Bay (W.A.) > History > 20th century.
Seafaring life > Antarctica > History > 20th century.
Shark Bay (W.A.) > History > 20th century.
Antarctica > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The superlative Quentin Walsh and his Ulysses year
  • Author's preface: The Ulysses expedition
  • A brief history of American whaling
  • The Ulysses and her cruise
  • The Shark Bay season
  • The Shark Bay records; the Antarctic records
  • Classification of factory ships
  • Norwegian whale gunners and how they are paid
  • Killer boats, the harpoon, killer iron, and modern whale gun
  • Factory equipment : the grinder, Hartman, and bone systems
  • The location of whales in the Antarctic
  • A brief description of whales
  • Blue whales
  • Humpback whales
  • Fin whales
  • Right whales
  • Flensing and cutting blue and fin whales
  • Appendix 1: Ulysses expedition chronology, April 1937 to April 1938
  • Appendix 2: Daily records of the Antarctic season
  • Appendix 3: Walsh's annotated sketches from the Ulysses cruise.

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