Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalists Year Aboard a Yankee Whaleship
by Eleanor Mathews
Category: Biography & Autobiography

In 1912, a young naturalist named Robert Cushman Murphy was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to spend two years on one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to Antarctica. During the voyage, Murphy kept a journal, packing it with observations of his experiences on board.