The first Antarctic whaling season of Admiralen (1905–1906): the diary of Alexander Lange

ABSTRACT The first factory ship of the so-called modern era of Antarctic whaling was Admiralen , arriving together with two smaller catcher boats in the South Shetland Islands in January 1906, after a period of whaling in the Falkland Islands. The expedition leader was Alexander Lange, a Norwegian w...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Adie, Susan, Basberg, Bjørn L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
South Shetland Islands
Norway
Antarc*
Northern Norway
Polar Record
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408008024
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247408008024
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Summary:ABSTRACT The first factory ship of the so-called modern era of Antarctic whaling was Admiralen , arriving together with two smaller catcher boats in the South Shetland Islands in January 1906, after a period of whaling in the Falkland Islands. The expedition leader was Alexander Lange, a Norwegian whaler with a long experience from whaling in northern Norway and Spitsbergen. He kept a diary for a considerable period and this covered several whaling voyages. The one dealing with the pioneer Antarctic season of 1905–1906 has been translated from Norwegian into English and is presented here with an introduction that places the expedition into its wider context.

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