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Wednesday, 9 June 2021

Catch results of the Norwegian United States Whaling Company at Port Armstrong, Baranof Island, Alaska in 1918

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 3, Fin whale=Balaenoptera physalus 20, Humpback whale= Megaptera novaeangliae 0, Sei whale=Balaenoptera borealis 4, Spermwhale= Physeter macrocephalus 69, North Atlantic right whale =Eubalaena glacialis 0, total number of caught whales 96, number of barrels oil 6.301 and number of bags guano 3828.

Source

Sigurd Risting. Av Hvalfangstens Historie. Kristiania, 1922.

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