An Arctic Whaling Diary : : The Journal of Captain George Comer in Hudson Bay 1901–1905 / / ed. by W. Gillies Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• HerausgeberIn: Ross, W. Gillies,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

When the American whaler Era, George Comer, Captain, sailed from New Bedford, Mass, for Hudson Bay in the spring of 1903, some American newspapers warned that there might be forcible intervention by the Canadian government, for the expidition conincided with sudden alarm about the precarious state o...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Voyage North (29 June - 23 September 1903)
• 2. Taking up Winter Quarters (24 September - 31 December 1903)
• 3. The First Winter (1 January - 10 May 1904)
• 4. Spring and Summer Whaling (11 May - 25 September 1904)
• 5. Preparing for Winter (26 September - 31 December 1904)
• 6. The Second Winter (1 January - 9 May 1905)
• 7. The Second Summer (10 May - 8 September 1905)
• 8. Voyage Home (9 September - 15 October 1905)
• Epilogue
• APPENDIX A. The schooner Era
• APPENDIX B. Crew list of the Era 1903
• APPENDIX C. Stores carried on the Era 1903
• APPENDIX D. Beaufort wind scale
• APPENDIX E. Minimum air temperatures at Fullerton Harbour (daily minimum temperature - 40°F or below) 1903--4
• APPENDIX F. Sea ice thickness at Fullerton Harbour
• APPENDIX G. Details of whales killed in 1905
• APPENDIX H. Whaling and trading returns 1905
• APPENDIX I. Population of Eskimo groups
• APPENDIX J. General observations by George Comer
• APPENDIX K. Government expeditions 1903-5
• Glossary
• Selected Bibliography
• Index