Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers. BY J P C Watt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers. BY J P C Watt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Publisher: Author Pub, 1989, FIRST EDITION, VERY SCARCE.
Very good hardback with jacket, some rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Spine has a slight lean. Name stamp to title page, light tanning to page edges. Minor marks. Jacket has light shelf wear and fading to spine. 272 pages, illustrated.
Between 1923 and 1933 the Ross Sea Whaling Company of Norway made 9 expeditions to the Ross Sea in Antarctica using a base located in Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. This book details the background, the life, and the work of this steam-age enterprise which linked 2 antipoean harbours.
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