MOTHER LEADS THE WAY.' —This is the Sir James Clarke Ross, one of the mother ships of the Ross Sea whaling fleet leading her five whale-chasers through the pack-ice of the Antarctic. The mother ship is the floating factory to which the chasers bring their catches of whales to be cut up and boiled down, for the valuable oil. Going through the pack-ice it is necessary for the 8000ton factory ship to break a way for the light chasers.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 19
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79MOTHER LEADS THE WAY.'—This is the Sir James Clarke Ross, one of the mother ships of the Ross Sea whaling fleet leading her five whale-chasers through the pack-ice of the Antarctic. The mother ship is the floating factory to which the chasers bring their catches of whales to be cut up and boiled down, for the valuable oil. Going through the pack-ice it is necessary for the 8000- ton factory ship to break a way for the light chasers. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 19
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