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Tuesday, 8 June 2021

Catch results of the Norwegian United States Whaling Company at Port Armstrong, Baranof Island, Alaska in 1917

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 2. Blue whale=Balaenoptera musculus 7,Fin whale=Balaenoptera physalus 38,Humpback whale= Megaptera novaeangliae 21, Sei whale=Balaenoptera borealis 26, Spermwhale= Physeter macrocephalus 36, North Aatlantic right whale =Eubalaena glacialis 1, total number of caught whales 129, number of barrels oil 5.274 and number of bags guano 3.303.

Source

Sigurd Risting. Av Hvalfangstens Historie. Kristiania, 1922.

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