Alaska S Whaling Coast
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Alaska S Whaling Coast
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Author : Dale Vinnedge
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-05
Alaska S Whaling Coast written by Dale Vinnedge and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-05 with Photography categories.
In 1850, commercial whaling ships entered the Bering Sea for the first time. There, they found the summer grounds of bowhead whales, as well as local Inuit people who had been whaling the Alaskan coast for 2,000 years. Within a few years, almost the entire Pacific fleet came north each June to find a path through the melting ice, and the Inuit way of whalingin fact, their entire livelihoodwould be forever changed. Baleen was worth nearly $5 a pound. But the new trading posts brought guns, alcohol, and disease. In 1905, a new type of whaling using modern steel whale-catchers and harpoon cannons appeared along the Alaskan coast. Yet the Inuit and Inupiat continue whaling today from approximately 15 small towns scattered along the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Strait. Whaling for these people is a life-or-death proposition in a land considered uninhabitable by many, for without the whale, whole villages probably could not survive as they have for centuries.
Arctic Alaska And Siberia Or Eight Months With The Arctic Whalemen Classic Reprint
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Author : Herbert L. Aldrich
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-19
Arctic Alaska And Siberia Or Eight Months With The Arctic Whalemen Classic Reprint written by Herbert L. Aldrich and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-19 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from Arctic Alaska and Siberia, or Eight Months With the Arctic Whalemen The moment seemed to me ripe to preserve this valuable material, for modern science is fast removing the picturesque excitement of whaling; therefore I have made the cruise and pictured the subject as comprehensively, yet briefly, as I could with my pen and camera. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Pacific Northwest S Whaling Coast
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Author : Dale Vinnedge
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-11-17
Pacific Northwest S Whaling Coast written by Dale Vinnedge and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-17 with Photography categories.
Pacific Northwest waters from Alaska to Oregon lie between the Arctic whaling grounds and the home whaling ports of San Francisco and Honolulu. While the Pacific Northwest was not a whaling destination, whales in these rich grounds were pursued for many years as whale ships moved between the whalers summer whaling grounds and southern home ports. After 1900, whaling in the north Pacific changed from sailing ships to modern, steam-powered iron ships and harpoon cannons. Land stations were built along southern Alaska, Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and Washington State. The new killer ships brought whales to these land stations for flensing and for rendering into oil, fertilizer, and other products. Most of these products were shipped to Seattle and San Francisco on steamers and factory ships at the end of the season. At the start of the season, supplies and workers were shipped up from Seattle to resupply and repopulate the stations.
Transients
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Author : John K.B. Ford
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Transients written by John K.B. Ford and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Nature categories.
This book focuses on transient killer whales. Enigmatic and elusive, these mammal-hunting whales are difficult animals to study. They travel in small groups, often moving unpredictably, which makes them less conspicuous than the larger resident pods. For these and other reasons, our understanding of the life history and ecology of transient killer whales has lagged behind that of residents. Transients contains the latest information on the natural history of transient killer whales, including their feeding habits, social lives, and distribution patterns. The catalogue section contains photographs of and notes on over 200 individual whales. Numerous sidebars contain interesting observations on encounters with transients as well as information on how and where to best watch them.
Eye Of The Whale
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Author : Dick Russell
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001
Eye Of The Whale written by Dick Russell and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Gray whale categories.
"Eye of the Whale focuses on one great whale in particularthe coastal-traveling California gray whale. Gray whales make the longest migration of any mammal - from the lagoons of Baja California to the feeding grounds of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia (nearly 6,000 miles). That the gray whale exists today is nothing short of miraculous. Whaling fleets twice massacred the species to near extinction - first during the nineteenth century and again during the early part of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Whaling Around The World
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Author : World Council of Whalers
language : en
Publisher: Qualicum Beach, B.C. : WCW Publications
Release Date : 2004
Whaling Around The World written by World Council of Whalers and has been published by Qualicum Beach, B.C. : WCW Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Offshore whaling categories.
Humpback Whales In Glacier Bay National Monument Alaska
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Author : United States. Marine Mammal Commission
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-09-17
Humpback Whales In Glacier Bay National Monument Alaska written by United States. Marine Mammal Commission and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-17 with Fiction categories.
"Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska" by United States. Marine Mammal Commission. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Where We Found A Whale
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Author : Brian M. Fagan
language : en
Publisher: Department of Interior National Park Service Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Release Date : 2008
Where We Found A Whale written by Brian M. Fagan and has been published by Department of Interior National Park Service Lake Clark National Park & Preserve this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
On The Northwest
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Author : Robert Lloyd Webb
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
On The Northwest written by Robert Lloyd Webb and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with History categories.
On the Northwest is the first complete history of commercial whaling in the Pacific Northwest from its shadowy origins in the late 1700s to its demise in western Canada in 1967. Whaling in the eastern North Pacific represented a century and a half of exploration and exploitation which involved the entrepreneurs, merchants, politicians, and seamen of a dozen nations.
The Whalers Of Akutan
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Author : Knut Bergesen Birkeland
language : en
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
Release Date : 1926
The Whalers Of Akutan written by Knut Bergesen Birkeland and has been published by New Haven : Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with Whaling categories.
Popular account of author's visit to Aleutian Islands to investigate problems of North Pacific Sea Products Co., a whaling company, in 1914-15.