The ice-bound whalers : the story of the Dee and the Grenville Bay, 1836-37 /
Troup, James A.
Brundle, Anne Leith.
Stromness Museum.
Kirkwall : Orkney Press in association with Stromness Museum,
1987.
Diaries of crew members from the Dee and the Grenville Bay, two British whalers locked in the Arctic ice, Baffin Bay-Davis Strait region, during the winter of 1936-1937. Also provides a history of the Museum in Stromness, founded by the Orkney Natural History Society, which has built up collections on the natural and maritime history of Orkney, including the whaling industry. Orkney was both a supply base and recruitment source for boatment; in 1813 the Orkney Whale Fishing Company was established.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-127).
Diaries of crew members from the Dee and the Grenville Bay, two British whalers locked in the Arctic ice, Baffin Bay-Davis Strait region, during the winter of 1936-1937. Also provides a history of the Museum in Stromness, founded by the Orkney Natural History Society, which has built up collections on the natural and maritime history of Orkney, including the whaling industry. Orkney was both a supply base and recruitment source for boatment; in 1813 the Orkney Whale Fishing Company was established.
Dee (Ship)
Grenville Bay (Ship)
Whaling
Whaling
Whalers (Persons)