THE NORD WHALERS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1926, Page 1

THE NORD WHALERS

A IiFCDIM) TAKE. fllY TKI.EOHAIMI-- I’ll! I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION. | INVERCARDII.I.. March 1. Tho Star I. a member ~t Dm Hass Sea Whaling expedil >,,n. .nrir.-l :.i Bluff at I p.m. y,'-derday from Ihe Canipl'.ell Islands. Th-- memhers id the creu report- that it lias been a iciord season for Captain N ilson and Dm >0 officers and men uu,l,-r his i barge. Tlmir four months’ sojourn in the s.-.iirii has been Iraugld- with a good deal o| : 111 s:i<• t\ and peril, since they left their base ar. Stewart Island in October lusl . Th,- niosl serious ob-daele was a live wicks' hol-l no in pack me prior in entering Rn-s Sea. Ihe!1 1 •<■ l had to I,real, through IDO mile- -,l ]>:u'k ice and " ••••!! vigilance vas necessary to nreveni Die crushing of Dm ship.. All the vessels received a severe straining. They look six weeks, instead of Dm- usual nine days, to reach the whaling grounds. The first whale was killed 0,1 December I Ith. The weather conditions were good. During the season insi closed the whalers secured 535 fish HRO more than last year!. Tim total • yield, was JS.ftOB barrels of oil. The health of the men has been good during the voyage, and 1,-cre were no acrid,Ml Is. The mother ship. the Sir Janies Clark Boss and Dm lour remaining whale chasers are exported to reach R tew art T-land tips morning. The mother ship will take in coal and supplies at Stewart Wand, instead at northern imris. and she leave- I o' Nor- j wav in about a week's time.