An Arctic Whaling Journal of 1791
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9219264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Savours (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1959 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 63 |
| Pages | 534-546 |
| Publication date | 1959-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247400066717 |
| OpenAlex | W2118708861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1956 the University Library of Aberdeen acquired a journal written by one George Kerr, surgeon aboard the Aberdeen whaling ship Christian , during a voyage to the whale fisheries in the Greenland Sea, west and north-west of Spitsbergen. The voyage, which was in 1791, took them as far north as lat. 81° N. The journal is seventy-nine pages long, on quarto-sized paper, and written in brown ink in a good, clear hand. A number of whalers' log books exist, recording winds and tides and noting extraordinary events, there are also published memoirs covering several voyages or giving a picture of whaling in general—like William Scoresby's book which includes an exciting narrative of the voyage of the Esk , under his command, to Spitsbergen waters, and of her preservation under most difficult circumstances. Kerr's journal is a spirited day-to-day account of an eventful though profitless voyage—the ship returning “clean” with no catch
Archaeology · Arctic · Art · Art history · Beluga Whale · Fishery · George (robot) · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · The arctic · Whale · Whaling · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Geology · History · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2008 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |