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Book Whaling in the Antarctic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Malgosia Fitzmaurice
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2016-05-23
  • ISBN : 9004313826
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Whaling in the Antarctic written by Malgosia Fitzmaurice and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication gives an in-depth analysis of a very important but complex case before the International Court of Justice. It deals with substantive and procedural aspects of the case, analysed extensively by eminent international lawyers and practitioners. The Whaling in Antarctic case is a landmark case in international law. Contributors: Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Dai Tamada (eds.); Caroline E. Foster; Shotaro Hamamoto; Theodore Christakis; Christian Tams; Mika Hayashi; Joji Morishita; Donald R. Rothwell; Hironobu Sakai; Anthony Press; Akiho Shibata; Yuri Takaya.

Book Whaling in the Frozen South

Download or read book Whaling in the Frozen South written by Alan Villiers and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition commanded by Captain Carl A. Larsen.

Book The Two Headed Whale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sandy Winterbottom
  • Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
  • Release : 2023-10-24
  • ISBN : 1778400914
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book The Two Headed Whale written by Sandy Winterbottom and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Urgent and moving.”—Publishers Weekly ★ An elegant blend of "polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy and ecology" (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author's thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic. In 2016, Sandy Winterbottom embarked on an epic six-week tall-ship voyage from Uruguay to Antarctica. At the mid-way stop in South Georgia, her pristine image of the Antarctic was shattered when she discovered the dark legacy of twentieth century industrial-scale whaling. Enraged by what she found, she was quick to blame the men who undertook this wholescale slaughter, but then she stumbled upon the grave of an eighteen-year-old whaler from Edinburgh who she could not allow to bear the brunt of blame. There are two sides to every story. The Two-Headed Whale vividly brings to life the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the vast Southern Oceans, set alongside the true-life story of Anthony Ford, the boy in the grave, as he sailed the same seas and toiled in an industry where profits outranked human life. Drawing together threads of nature and travel writing with an unflinching narrative of life aboard a whaling factory ship and the legacy it left behind, The Two-Headed Whale leaves us questioning our troubled relationship with the extraordinary abundance of this planet. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Book Whalers of the Midnight Sun

Download or read book Whalers of the Midnight Sun written by Alan Villiers and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antarctic Whaling

Download or read book Antarctic Whaling written by Peter Stewart and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An eruption, black, shimmering object breaks the oily surface, the giant tail rises, hovers, then gently slides back, disappearing smoothly without splash or ripple; a further disturbance occurs in the placid water, another similar black object, this time a bulbous shape giving vent to a high, misty spout of water; the object moves slowly, akin to a `Polaris’ submarine submerging to join his companions, a pod of sperm whales, generally milling around but moving steadily southwards.” “this unique story of life aboard a whaling factory ship, told by a junior whalerman has never been told before. The writings remain factual, embellishments being unnecessary” “landing a whale is analagous to that of a fishing rod. The line in this instance being a two inch nylon rope attached to the harpoon which is fed under the gun platform, running to the top of the mast, the latter performing as a fishing rod. The winch or reel, situated below the bridge helmsman and sometimes in conjunction with the catchers engine helps to `play’ the victim.” “a steamy haze swirls around mid-ships bridge; there is shouting and swearing, the steel cable becomes taut, pulling a shiny, creamy looking mass, an inverted sperm whale skull with eye sockets agape, a scene from the comics could not offer more horror. It skids across the slimy, blood red deck, expertly winched by the forward winchman” “...icebergs, different sizes and shapes, a sculptors dream, always with the white cap of frozen snow. Sometimes stark, silhouetted against a blue horizon or with edges, similar to a Turner seascape, disappearing into mist; suns reflections, miraculous, beautiful rainbow colours, contrasting colours of pink, orange to deep vermillion and red, all forming the rich, colourful, awe inspiring palette of nature.

Book Whales of the Southern Ocean

Download or read book Whales of the Southern Ocean written by Yuri Mikhalev and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on actual data of Soviet whaling, and reliable methodologies that existed at the time when this monograph was written, it examines the distribution and migration patterns of whales of the Southern Ocean. It defines distinct populations on the basis of phenes, as well as whale breeding zones, which are located in the adjacent to the Southern Ocean waters at lower latitudes. The book records the presence of a new species of killer whale in the Southern Ocean - Orcinus nana. Prenatal growth patterns, pregnancy and lactation duration, mean sizes of new-born whales are determined. Methods for the graphic recording of registering structures are described, and an original method for their decoding is proposed to determine animal age. The age of sexual and physical maturity, life expectancy is determined. Earlier unknown “pair formations” on the lower jaw of baleen whales and sperm whales are described, together with their macro, histological and electronic microscopic structure. The impact of the extermination of whales on the Southern Ocean ecosystem is examined, recommendations for control of the current state of whale populations are given, and perspectives of whale population recovery are estimated. Regions that could be used as testing areas for whale registration method are defined. The book is intended for biologist-cytologists, ecologists and other specialists interested in cetaceans, and for biology students.

Book Tassie s Whale Boys

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  • Author : Michael Stoddart
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-02-01
  • ISBN : 9780995408227
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Tassie s Whale Boys written by Michael Stoddart and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October, 1923 a Norwegian whale factory ship and five catchers called into Hobart to obtain fresh provisions. Twelve young Tasmanians signed on to go a-whaling in the freezing water of Antarctica's Ross Sea. Altogether 132 young Tasmanians joined Norwegian whaling expeditions over the eight following summers. All of them sought adventure, and none was disappointed. They called themselves 'Tassie's whale boys'. Their diaries tell of long arduous days among stench and filth and of the cruelty of industrial whaling; they tell of biting cold, the omnipresence of danger from ice and storms, dreadful food, and the minuscule pay at journey's end. They also tell of the special camaraderie engendered when spirited young men share such an adventure, and of their unbounded admiration for the solid, dependable Norwegians in whose trust they put their lives. The contrast of industrial whaling with the supremely beautiful Antarctic environment was not lost on any of the young men. Even the least articulate among them tried to express something of the grandeur of Antarctica as the iridescent sun shimmered over the summer horizon. This is their story.

Book Antarctic Hazard

Download or read book Antarctic Hazard written by William Ross Cockrill and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First hand account of eight months on a British-owned but largely Norwegian-manned modern floating whale factory.

Book A Whaling Enterprise

Download or read book A Whaling Enterprise written by Gerald Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Call to the South  a Story of British Whaling in Antarctica

Download or read book Call to the South a Story of British Whaling in Antarctica written by William R. D. McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whaling and the Antarctic

Download or read book Whaling and the Antarctic written by Anna Tohlen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Whaling Season  An Inside Account of the Struggle to Stop Commercial Whaling

Download or read book The Whaling Season An Inside Account of the Struggle to Stop Commercial Whaling written by Kieran Mulvaney and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904 1931

Download or read book Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904 1931 written by Ian B. Hart and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book We Are All Whalers

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  • Author : Michael J. Moore
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2021-11-12
  • ISBN : 022680304X
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book We Are All Whalers written by Michael J. Moore and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marine scientist Michael J. Moore says we are all whalers, but we don't have to be. Eating fish leads to North Atlantic right whales' entanglement and death. Buying goods made around the world requires global shipping routes, which do not accurately consider right whale breeding and feeding sites, leading to collision. To explain this, Moore conveys to readers scenes from over thirty years' worth of fieldwork, performing whale necropsies for animals stranded on beaches, working as an independent researcher alongside whalers using explosive harpoons, and tracking injured pregnant whales to deliver antibiotics. Despite these sometimes disturbing experiences, Moore has written a hopeful book. He uses these stories to show we can change and to tell us how; the technology for rope-less fishing and tracking whale migrations already exist to protect both right whales and the people who depend on shipping and fishing for their livelihoods"--

Book Antarctic Hazard

Download or read book Antarctic Hazard written by Ross Cockrill and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Storms  Ice  and Whales

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780802821256
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Storms Ice and Whales written by and published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the Dutch East Indies in 1934 and later in The Netherlands, this account of ven der Does' nine-month journey aboard a whaler sailing to the Antarctic in 1923-24 provides details of the flora and fauna, including penguins and albatross, and describes such natural phenomena as the colors of the ice, the sea, and the sky. He also chronicles in detail the workings of the ship and describes the crew and their tasks. Ven der Does writes of the solitude as "Nowhere else in the world can one so deeply comprehend the meaning of endlessness as at the Pole, with its vast desolation."

Book South of Cape Horn

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Chrisp
  • Publisher : London : R. Hale
  • Release : 1958
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book South of Cape Horn written by John Chrisp and published by London : R. Hale. This book was released on 1958 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: