Record Walrus Catch
« .. I 1353 IN FIVE .MONTHS. Seattle, September 30. A catch of 1353 walrus, the largest ever made in-one season, was reported by Captain 0. 1. Aimevik, of the steamer Corwin, which returned to-day from a five month's cruise in ti'e Arctic. The Corwin made two trips using Nome, Alaska, as her base. On the first trip she bagged S'37 ■walrus, which were discharged into the freighter Latoticlie at Nonie and Bent to Seattle. On the (second expedition the clw of twenty skilled Eskimos killed 516 walrus from which were obtained 100 tons of hides. 4000 pounds of ivory and 165 barrels of oil WalriiK hides are in great demand in Eastern ammunition factories for burnishing steel slirapnci cases.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 November 1915, Page 3
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121Record Walrus Catch Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 November 1915, Page 3
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