. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. Little Auk. A Baffin Land Harbour IN THE WHALER AURORA 203 worth having, being free from the fishy flavorpeculiar to their parents. August 19tli. We finished painting the boats,but left them on the ice, excepting two from whichthe lines had not been removed. Our fishing, so far, had nearly all been floe had not entered the middle pack very far,where the whales were sometimes numerous atthis season. The enormous amount of ice madethe Captain think twice about pushing his ship,with her valuable cargo, into it, and so we keptquietly down the
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. Little Auk. A Baffin Land Harbour IN THE WHALER AURORA 203 worth having, being free from the fishy flavorpeculiar to their parents. August 19tli. We finished painting the boats,but left them on the ice, excepting two from whichthe lines had not been removed. Our fishing, so far, had nearly all been floe had not entered the middle pack very far,where the whales were sometimes numerous atthis season. The enormous amount of ice madethe Captain think twice about pushing his ship,with her valuable cargo, into it, and so we keptquietly down the coast, occasionally going out alittle where the ice was loose, but rememberingSir Leopold McClintocks winter in the middlepack with the Fox. The southwest fishing, to which we were nowgoing, was generally prosecuted in the ships Isij at anchor in some harbor, and everymorning the boats rowed out and watched forwhales. It was cold, dreary work and very un-popular with the men; but whales killed late inthe season were often large and well worth
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