Industrial whaling, the shell harpoon and factory ships
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Pictures from the commencement of industrial whaling using explosive harpoons, fast catcher boats and factory ships for the rapid offshore processing of the whales.

Kava - Baleen whale

Saint Pierre, Newfoundland, Whaling - Baleen whale

Norwegian whaling - Baleen whale

Iceland Whaling station

Greenland Whaling

The shell or exploding harpoon

The shell or exploding harpoon, 2

Factory ship, the Jan Wellem

Factory ships, the Jan Wellem

Factory Ship and catcher boats

Harpooning the whale

Laying the Plan

Sorting and Stowing Rope

Coopering in Preparation

Hauling a Whale up the Slipway

Hval Kla or "grab"

Blubber blanket

Flensing a blue whale

Recovering the harpoon from a partly flensed whale

Cutting up the blubber blanket for processing

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Feeding blubber to the boilers

Lemmers at work with the whale meat

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A Large Sperm Whale awaiting processing

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