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Friday, 26 March 2021

The Norwegian whaling industry in 1916

An item reported that the Norwegian whaling industry in 1916 consisted of 18 companies, 53 whale catchers, 9 shore stations, 11 floating factories and that the catch consisted of 8,139 whales or 383,128 barrels oil with a value of around 32,000,000 kroners.

Source

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

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