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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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247408008024 2024-03-03T08:38:15+00:00 The first Antarctic whaling season of Admiralen (1905–1906): the diary of Alexander Lange Adie, Susan Basberg, Bjørn L. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408008024 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247408008024 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 45, issue 3, page 243-263 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408008024 2024-02-08T08:34:50Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Northern Norway Polar Record South Shetland Islands Spitsbergen Cambridge University Press Antarctic South Shetland Islands Norway Polar Record 45 3 243 263 |
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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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The first Antarctic whaling season of Admiralen (1905–1906): the diary of Alexander Lange |
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The first Antarctic whaling season of Admiralen (1905–1906): the diary of Alexander Lange |
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