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, slight compression to spine ends, tiny dent to front edge, pages very good, minor marks, light tanning to top edge. Inscribed to owners and signed by author. Jacket has slight fading to spine area, minor marks and shelf-wear. 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 antipodean harbours.

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