The whaling expedition of the Ulysses, 1937-38
By: by Quentin R. Walsh ; edited by P.J. Capelotti ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith
Contributors: Capelotti, P. J. (Peter Joseph), 1960-
Series: New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780813034799
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The superlative Quentin Walsh and his Ulysses year; title: Author's preface: The Ulysses expedition; title: A brief history of American whaling; title: The Ulysses and her cruise; title: The Shark Bay season; title: The Shark Bay records; the Antarctic records; title: Classification of factory ships; title: Norwegian whale gunners and how they are paid; title: Killer boats, the harpoon, killer iron, and modern whale gun; title: Factory equipment : the grinder, Hartman, and bone systems; title: The location of whales in the Antarctic; title: A brief description of whales; title: Blue whales; title: Humpback whales; title: Fin whales; title: Right whales; title: Flensing and cutting blue and fin whales; title: Appendix 1: Ulysses expedition chronology, April 1937 to April 1938; title: Appendix 2: Daily records of the Antarctic season; title: Appendix 3: Walsh's annotated sketches from the Ulysses cruise.