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Thursday, 25 March 2021

The Norwegian whaling industry in 1914

An item reported that the Norwegian whaling industry in 1914 consisted of 50 companies, 145 whale catchers, 22 shore stations, 31 floating factories and that the catch consisted of 14,917 whales or 556,577 barrels oil with a value of around 36,000,000 kroners.

Source

Register over Hvalfangsten med opgaver over hvalfangsten, Hvalfangernes Assuranceforening, Sandefjord, 1936.

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