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.

SeriesNew 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2010015127
ISBN9780813034799 (alk. paper)
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