Tensas gazette., 1894-01-26
WHALING In NV SEAS.
A Prospecting Cruise in t1e AIT
ccot.c Ocean.
New Groundi 10 Be Son-,it on Ac-
couut OF the Growing Sca-I..y
OF Whac5Ono ia Our
Ear.Se.s.

The bari: Cayhcal. OF t,iis c'tr. is on
her way II the soutncrl seas on an c.
pedi5ion the Ike Of which has not been
undertaken since 1871. says the san
Francisco Ciro-,iclc
In that year TIC ';r'ti5h rl1--of-war
CHALLENGER Was 3cCl on IA c,:oicI'a.iol
to tho Antarctic - asccrtain whether
or no; there %as i:2li there for the
catch o. whites. oa.. SIC returned with
III adverse rcpc:t.
Since that d2sc many t'lou-and vcs-
scl3 have doubled Ccoc Horn al fire.
qucntly have been d:.ve,. i-aay 1egrce5
further corth thSa was absolutely
nccesGary to r1a';2 the trip. Invariably
the have rcYo-tcd Il number Of schools
Of whales encountered on their voy-
ages.
b rccTo1 OF these reports the
whal ~ of En~lanl ard America have
felt obli~el to doubt the accuracy of
the Challcl0cr's rcDcrt, buL in the
tTcct-J-tyvo S-car9 wien hs"c elapsed
since thcn TO ono hc7 h>l the daring
or cntcrpriGc to undertake n personal
*rrvcy o? the waters until tho present
time.
n October last the Cayhcal was
started from Now Bedford with in
structions to spend a couple of years il
the Antarctic. where Gie Is to s,.:rt the
ice Zoe a far corth as she can possibly
reach. She is to GSh for whales and
zee if rcv hunting ground cannot be
opened to commerce. The Cayhcad
will e--te2d her voyage over what is
called the New Bedford whaling cruise,
that ordinarily lasts one year. bat that
will kocp her OFT about three ycars this
time.
The route calls her to pass st. Helena
and s':irt Cra,;arl's land. from where
she will sail for Australian waters and
then 60 north. tal;;ng il II" japanese
waters. Eckr.cG sea ard the Arctic
ocean. 60: ran: 60 VII bc reached
about October. 1904.
The fact of the ra-tttcr, aid TIE ono
point tat has cau1c,l this c::tcnlcd cz-
plorctioa trip of the Gayhca1. IS that
the hunting grounds il the north arc
giving ous very rapidly, aad the
whalcrs have virtually ceased fishing
in l,afln's bay. Davis strait and in the
Spit bergen whaling ground. The
"r..cl:" a.l "bornc2l' WHALES, which
arc rn~-2 Ccsirabls on account ct TIC
bone they produce. are virtually c.;
f:nct in these waters, ana the wIali- :.
feet nov puSh Oh - Be.r.1J Sca,
Oi;h 1t1l sea. ana the Ar,tic proper.
II is q fact that w,lai35o1c all ivor.!
crc t.:o animal prolUct5 which art OF
fcicEcr have not been able to repro
t,ucc. In tho good days of plenty
>:.lnieHono sold at one do,lcr and a
k.-.,--a poI1A: It's pr:co today Is ST.: dol
lar1. That rives n fair ilca Of how t,:c
sn--', has li-n:l;s,cl u the lat to-
-.
T.t.,, i, ,;->:?r;'-: Of t,ic w2tc:5 cc;:s.
OF seventy degrees south a. compare,
- tho lslowlo lgo had of t,:c wa:o-,
Go.;5 OF latitulo scranty degree
~, Ec-:t to noting il known re
c..-1,,.- .ic Antarctic oc,a1. anI tho
,ion. 49,; srt:t.., at to present
o,::T,oi;t.on WI Cc-clop u c,:v fell t;
reniaoa t,.c O, ore t. = '-';,::T oat
,. "a: v.a5ent ti:a2 Al Ear. y ~
s--o..-h comp=n3 l. tal H.; :.N"-o vc-
mcls q. =: = e., p-rp77c of send
ing them iAto the A.turctic %. wta les
:. -: -cli,.cly. thcrcfcrc, tat l..
f,;a y,a-7 t,:c w!,:a'..1J ~cct that sail
out OF this port will steer south ATTIC
leaving the Hawaiian grounds, inatea
q: :gc..:s.g aorta, AS they DO a. Frcc2-.s
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