Complex sentence: The station was only active part of the first season 1898, but 54 whales were shot, which gave 1316 barrels of whale oil, in 1899 the station processed about 60 whales, of these were 26 blue whales, and got around 1700 barrels.
Split into simpler sentences: The station was only active for part of the first season of 1898, but 54 whales were harpooned, which gave 1316 barrels of whale oil. In 1899 the station processed about 60 whales, of these were 26 blue whales, and got around 1700 barrels.