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Air whaler

Title
Air whaler / by John Grierson, Flight Commodore of the whaling factory ship Balaena.
Author
Grierson, John, 1909-1977.
Publication
London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 25 Gilbert Street, [1949]

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Additional Authors
Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.
Description
xii, 243 p. illus., ports., maps.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Balaena (Ship)
  • Whaling
  • Aeronautics, Commercial
  • Baleines > Chasse
  • Transports aériens
  • air transport (transportation mode)
  • Aeronautics, Commercial
  • Whaling
  • Antarctica
  • Antarctique
  • Antarctica
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: Before: Introduction to whaling -- Preparations -- Aircrew afloat -- Oil and water -- Part II: During: Moby Dick's brothers -- Long whaling -- Antarctic forced landing -- Whaling routine -- Aboard a catcher -- After Sysla -- Part III: After: Homeward bound -- In retrospect -- Glossary.
LCCN
50001369
OCLC
  • ocm01326527
  • 1326527
  • SCSB-477498
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library