Journal of a whaling voyage from Dundee to Davis Strait, 1894

This account of an Arctic whaling voyage made in 1894 was discovered among the papers of the late W. S. Bruce, in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Bruce and the author, a sailor named Redgrave, had sailed together in the Balaena during the cruise of the Dundee whalers to the Antarctic in 1892–9...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Savours, Anne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1960
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Dundee
Antarc*
Davis Strait
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400050841
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400050841
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Summary:This account of an Arctic whaling voyage made in 1894 was discovered among the papers of the late W. S. Bruce, in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Bruce and the author, a sailor named Redgrave, had sailed together in the Balaena during the cruise of the Dundee whalers to the Antarctic in 1892–93. Redgrave probably wrote the account at Brace's request.

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