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Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Catch results of the Norwegian United States Whaling Company at Port Armstrong, Baranof Island, Alaska in 1915

Founded in 1910 by P. Bogen, Sandefjord and in 1923 transferred to New Zealand. The company started with the whalers Star 1-3 built by the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company and the factory ship Sommerstad. In 1912 factory ship and fast station, since 1913 fast station. Number of boats 3. Blue whale=Balaenoptera musculus 51, Fin whale=Balaenoptera physalus 53, Humpback whale= Megaptera novaeangliae 36, Sei whale=Balaenoptera borealis 0, Spermwhale= Physeter macrocephalus 23, North Atlantic right whale =Eubalaena glacialis 0, total number of caught whales 163, number of barrels oil 8.200 of number of bags guano 7.600

Source

Sigurd Risting. Av Hvalfangstens Historie. Kristiania, 1922.

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