Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 March 1897-1899 October 4

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Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 March 1897-1899 October 4
Author
Hartson H Bodfish
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1897
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Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 March 1897-1899 October 4

Author: Beluga (Steam bark)

Year: 1897

Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, and Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and sperm whale), seals, and walrus seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, Indigenous people, mutiny, and punishment at sea; and whale stamp (pencil sketches). Other places represented include Saint Lawrence Island, Port Clarence, and Dutch Harbor; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 912);

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