A Newfoundland floating factory whaling expedition

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Dickinson, A. B., Sanger, C. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Newfoundland; South Shetland Islands; Norway; Cabot; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400012250; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400012250

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.