Tassie's Whale Boys. Whaling In Antarctic Waters

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Forty South Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: "In the 1920s the Norwegian whalers called into Hobart with their factory ships and harpoon guns. Their cruel slaughter eventually brought the huge fin and blue whales in the frigid water of Antarcticas Ross Sea to the brink of extinction. In October 1923, twelve young Tasmanian men signed on for ‘the adventure of a lifetime and altogether 132 Tasmanians joined the Norwegian whaling expeditions over the eight following summers. All of them sought adventure, and none was disappointed. They called themselves ‘Tassies whale boys and this is their story."--Publishers website.

ISBN: 9780995408227