Whaling Expedition of the Ulysses, 1937-38 [electronic resource] /
Walsh, Quentin R.(Quentin Robert),1910-2000.
Capelotti, P. J.(Peter Joseph),1960-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2010.
This report  - made widely available to the public here for the first time - helped set the stage for current U.S. policy in opposition to open sea whaling. Composed in an elegant yet direct style, his account is both a straightforward description of commercial whaling in the 20th century and a compelling argument against it.
This report  - made widely available to the public here for the first time - helped set the stage for current U.S. policy in opposition to open sea whaling. Composed in an elegant yet direct style, his account is both a straightforward description of commercial whaling in the 20th century and a compelling argument against it.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Walsh, Quentin R. (Quentin Robert), 1910-2000.
United States. Coast Guard
Ulysses (Whaling factory ship)
Seafaring life
Seafaring life
Whaling
Whaling
Whaling