. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. OCT. NOV. â Fig. 107. Female Fin whales. Monthly average thickness of blubber. - Whales more than 20-0 m. long (excluding pregnant and lactating whales). - Whales less than i8-o m. OCT NOV. T 1 r DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR SOUTH GEORGIA APR, »- MAY T r JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT < SOUTH AFRICA »- Fig. 108. Female Blue whales. Monthly average thickness of blubber. â Whales more than 23-0 m. long (excluding pregnant and lactating whales). - Whales less than 19-0 m. long. Turning now to the South African whales we see that the adult
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. OCT. NOV. â Fig. 107. Female Fin whales. Monthly average thickness of blubber. - Whales more than 20-0 m. long (excluding pregnant and lactating whales). - Whales less than i8-o m. OCT NOV. T 1 r DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR SOUTH GEORGIA APR, »- MAY T r JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT < SOUTH AFRICA »- Fig. 108. Female Blue whales. Monthly average thickness of blubber. â Whales more than 23-0 m. long (excluding pregnant and lactating whales). - Whales less than 19-0 m. long. Turning now to the South African whales we see that the adult Fin whales make a late appearance in the catch at Saldanha Bay. Both Fin and Blue whales are very fat at the beginning of the season, as fat indeed as the end-of-season whales at South Georgia. This points to a migration to the African coast from rich feeding grounds, though not necessarily from the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands. Certainly they have. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography; Great Britain. Colonial Office. "Discovery" Committee. London, New York, Cambridge University Press
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