The whaling expedition of the Ulysses, 1937-38

The whaling expedition of the Ulysses, 1937-38 / by Quentin R. Walsh ; edited by P.J. Capelotti ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith.

Author/creator	Walsh, Quentin R. (Quentin Robert), 1910-2000
Other author/creator	Capelotti, P. J. (Peter Joseph), 1960-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2010.
Description	xxxviii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Walsh, Quentin R. (Quentin Robert), 1910-2000. Ulysses (Whaling factory ship)--History. United States. Coast Guard--Officers --Biography. Whaling--Australia --Shark Bay (W.A.) --History --20th century. Whaling--Antarctica --History --20th century. Whaling--Norway --History --20th century. Seafaring life--Australia --Shark Bay (W.A.) --History --20th century. Seafaring life--Antarctica --History --20th century. Shark Bay (W.A.)--History --20th century. Antarctica--History --20th century.

Series	New perspectives in maritime history and nautical archaeology New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology. ^A458028
Contents	Introduction: The superlative Quentin Walsh and his Ulysses year -- Author's preface: The Ulysses expedition -- A brief history of American whaling -- The Ulysses and her cruise -- The Shark Bay season -- The Shark Bay records; the Antarctic records -- Classification of factory ships -- Norwegian whale gunners and how they are paid -- Killer boats, the harpoon, killer iron, and modern whale gun -- Factory equipment : the grinder, Hartman, and bone systems -- The location of whales in the Antarctic -- A brief description of whales -- Blue whales -- Humpback whales -- Fin whales -- Right whales -- Flensing and cutting blue and fin whales -- Appendix 1: Ulysses expedition chronology, April 1937 to April 1938 -- Appendix 2: Daily records of the Antarctic season -- Appendix 3: Walsh's annotated sketches from the Ulysses cruise.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010015127
ISBN	9780813034799 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0813034795 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	SH383.5.N8 W35 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold