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Story: Whaling

Stripping the whale (3rd of 3)

Stripping the whale

Once dead, the whale was hauled to the mother ship and attached to the side. The whalers would begin the tough task of cutting off the blubber.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0004
Etching with aquatint, hand coloured by John Hewside Clark

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Jock Phillips. 'Whaling', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whaling/3/1/3