Whaling and the Hebrides. The history of island whalers in the South Altantic and whaling in and around the Hebrides

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Conference papers delivered in 2007. Deal with multiple aspects of whaling in and around the Hebrides and contributed by academic and scientific experts and those who worked in the industry. Throughout there is a strong historical focus. The papers are: Malcolm Archibald, 'Farewell dear Scotia - Scottish artic whalers'; George Cummings, 'History of the Christian Salvesen Company'; Jock Murray, 'Whaling memories'; 'John A Love, 'Whaling and wildlife in South Georgia today'; Peter T Stevick, 'Changing status and distribution of Whales'; John Baldwin, 'Subsistence whaling in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland'; Justines Olen, 'The pilot whale drive hunt in the Faroe Islands'; Peter E A Herlofson & Carl F Herlofson, 'The pioneers of the whaling station at Bunavoneader, Isle of Harris, 1903-20'; Sigrid Alvestad, 'Whaling from the shores of Scotland in the 20th century'; Norman Maclennan, 'The Bunabhaineadar Whaling Station in West Loch Tarbert' - touching very briefly on Lord Leverhulme and Harris Whaling and Fishing Co Ltd. See separate BHE entries for the most relevant papers