Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers. BY J P C Watt. VERY SCARCE.
Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers. BY J P C Watt.
Publisher: Author Pub, 2000. VERY SCARCE.
Very good softback, some patchy fading to covers, minor edgewear. Owner's label to ffep. Pages very good. 273 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 antipodean harbours.
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