Dundee Whaling Expedition
The Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892–1893) was a commercial voyage from Scotland to Antarctica.
Whaling in the Arctic was in decline from overfishing. The merchants of Dundee decided to equip a fleet to sail all the way to the Weddell Sea in search of right whales. Antarctic whaling was mostly done from shore-based stations.
On 6 September 1892, four steam-powered whaling ships, the , , Diana and , set off.[1] In the end they found no whales they could harvest as the blue whales of the Antarctic were too powerful to be captured. However, the expedition managed to make a profit by collecting numerous seal pelts.
The expedition included the polar scientist William Speirs Bruce and William Gordon Burn Murdoch, surgeon and assistant on the Balaena under .[1] On 8 January 1893, Captain of Active discovered Dundee Island (63°30′S 055°55′W / 63.500°S 55.917°W).[2]
WikiMiniAtlasSee also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Voyage of the Balaena, Glasgow Digital Library, retrieved 3 December 2013
- ^ "Dundee Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
| History |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Politics | ||
| Geography | ||
| Media | ||
| Transport | ||
| Education | ||
| Religion | ||
| Culture | ||
| Sport clubs | ||
| Sport venues | ||
| Health | ||
| ||
  | This Scottish history-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
 | This hunting-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Antarctic expeditions
- History of Dundee
- Whaling in Scotland
- 1892 in Scotland
- 1893 in Scotland
- 1892 in Antarctica
- 1893 in Antarctica
- Joinville Island group
- Expeditions from the United Kingdom
- Whaling in Antarctica
- Scottish history stubs
- Hunting stubs