Steam Whaling in the Western Arctic by Bockstoce, John R.; William A. Baker; Charles F. Batchelder; Richard C. Kugler - 1977

New Bedford, Mass.: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. Soft Cover. 127 p., 126 illus, 3 maps, 3 plans; 27 cm. "Catalogue for a special exhibition at the [New Bedford] Whaling Museum." "In the thirty years from 1880 to 1910, the American whalemen concentrated their efforts on pursuing the bowhead whale in the waters north of Bering Strait." Stock#44774. Vg / soft cover.

Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. ***please read*** no marks on text - price sticker on front - k-18-d

New Bedford, Massachusetts: New Bedford Whaling Museum, by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. Square quarto, softbound (stiff illus. wrappers), 127 pp. Very Good+, with light wear to wrappers. From Introduction: In the thirty years from 1880 to 1910, the American whalemen concentrated their efforts on pursuing the bowhead whale in the waters north of Bering Strait. A highly specialized endeavor, almost every aspect of the hunt was determined by one basic, inescapable fact: in the western Arctic, ice was seldom absent. The schedule of voyages, the gear and implements for taking whales, the clothing and rations for the crews, the vessels themselves -- all were designed or altered for survival and effective use in a harsh, ice-bound climate. Of the adaptations that sustained the bowhead fishery, the use of steam as an auxiliary source of power for the whaleship was the most radical departure from previous practice. Neither the idea nor the actual use of steam power on whaleships was new… Read More

New Bedford, Mass.: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977 4to softcover 10 1/2" tall x 9 1/2" wide. 127 pages. Design and construction of Steam Whalers. Ship biographies with photos or paintings. Chronological list of commercial Wintering Voyages, 1850-1910 at back. Published at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Several small light stains on front cover. Text is clean and tightly bound. Very good condition..

New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chapters include Voyage of the Polar Bear, The Voyage of Mary and Helen, Herschel Island and more, B&W photos, maps and charts throughout..

New Bedford, Massachusetts: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. Presumed First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. 127 pages, Quarto. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Bibliography, and Index, as well as chapters on Steam Whaling in the Western Arctic, The Design and Construction of Steam Whalers, Ship Biographies, and A Chronological List of Commercial Wintering Voyages, 1850-1910. Also contains Bibliography and Index. Ex-library copy with some of the usual library markings. Arctic historian and archaeologist, John R. Bockstoce has been traveling and working in the North since 1962. He has carried out a series of excavations at Bering Strait and served for ten seasons as a member of an Eskimo whaling crew at Point Hope, Alaska. In the 1970s he descended the Tanana and Yukon rivers by canoe from Fairbanks to Nome and traveled along the coast from there to Barrow Strait in arctic Canada. Later he twice traversed the Northwest Passage by boat. He is the author of many books, monographs,… Read More

New Bedford, Mass.: Old Dartsmouth Historical Society. 1977. Quarto, wraps, colour frontis, b&w illus, pp 127. Compliments slip of the Old Dartsmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum tipped in. Previous owner's bookplate. Some light foxing. Good condition. Wraps.

New Bedford, Massachusetts: Old Dartmouth Historical Society 1977. (Mass market paperback) 127pp. Very good. 4to. American whalemen focused their efforts on hunting the bowhead whale in the waters north of the Bering Strait from 1880 to 1910, where ice was seldom absent and challenged every aspect of the hunt. Black and white historical photographs. Clean, tight, bright, solid copy. With contributions by William A. Baker and Charles F. Batchelder..

New Bedford, Mass.:: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977., 1977. 27cm. 127 pp. Color frontis., illus., bibliography, index. Printed wrappers; extremities rubbed. Related ephemeral inserted. Very good. Introduction by Richard C. Kugler, director of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. CONTENTS: [1] Steam Whaling in the Western Arctic, by Bockstoce; [2] The Design and Construction of Steam Whalers, by William A. Baker; [3] Ship Biographies, by Bockstoce; [4] A Chronological List of Commercial Wintering Voyages, 1850-1910, by Bockstoce and Charles F. Batchelder.

New Bedford, MA: Published at the New Bedford Whaling Museum by the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1977. First Edition. 4to. pp. 127. colour frontis. & numerous text illus. & maps. wrs. (sticker at head of spine)