Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-works Soutwest beach, Herd’s Island. Drawing by H.W. Elliott after captan H.C. Chester.
The American sealing ship General Knox captain Orne departed Salem, Massachusetts, USA in 1820 bound for the South Shetlands returning back home on 6 June 1821 with 5.000 fur seal skins and 600 barrels sea elephant oil.
Source
The Fisheries and
Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V. Vol II. George Brown Goode,
Washington, 1887.
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