WHALER'S CRUISE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 19 November 1924, Page 8

WHALER'S CRUISE.

NORWEGIANS LEAVE PORT CHALMERS. (KICIU TO "TUB JR»SB.") DUNEDIN, November 18, Animated by the spirit of adventur--OUB enterprise, and undaunted by the prospect of arduous toil under adverse conditions, the crew of the whaling steamer Sir James Clarke Boss cast on! the vessel'B moorings this morning at Port Chalmers, Captain Larsen, the veteran whaler, was ou the bridge. His crew seem to have tho confidence in him that his Norwegian compatriots expressed when they subscribed 3,000,000 mark's to finance the expedition.

The Sir James Clarke Ross has been readily supplied with coal and water at Port Chalmers, and Captain Larsen seemed a satisfied man as he told a reporter that everything was in good order and that he anticipated a successful cruise in quest of whales. From Port Chalmers the whaler proceeds to Stewart Island to pick up five whale chasers which have wintered there. These smaller craft will be coaled from the store ship, and in two or three days Captain Larsen expects that tho whole floot will leave for the south. Last year the expedition loft Hobart at the beginning of December for the whaling grounds, and the earlier start this season is the result of the experiences of tho initial cruise.