Pioneer whalers in the Ross Sea, 1923–33

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Barr, William, Watt, James P.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Ross Sea; Anchorage; Ross Ice Shelf; New Zealand; Paterson; Rosshavet; Discovery Inlet; Paterson Inlet; Ice Shelf; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247405004638; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247405004638

On Christmas Eve 1923, the whaling factory ship Sir James Clark Ross , commanded by Captain Carl Anton Larsen and accompanied by five catchers, reached the front of the Ross Ice Shelf; these were the first whaling vessels to operate in the Ross Sea. They had been dispatched by the Norwegian whaling...