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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

Susan Adie  and
Bjørn L. Basberg
Susan Adie
Affiliation:
43 Willow Avenue, Middletown, Rhode Island 02842, USA
Bjørn L. Basberg
Affiliation:
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, N-5045 Bergen, Norway (Bjorn.Basberg@nhh.no)
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Polar Record , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 243 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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