Norwegian whaler, Ross Sea, Antarctica

A flenser, whose job it was to cut up whales, poses for the photographer. In the background is one of the ‘whale-chasers’ – ships that hunted down the whales. Over eight summers in the 1920s and 1930s a Norwegian factory ship would haul into Stewart Island’s waters after spending months in the Ross Sea. An entourage of whale-chasers known as star boats accompanied her.

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Louise Pathika Jones
23 August 2015

DEAR PERSON I am writing to say thank you for this research and effort you have made. I live on the west coast of Australia where my moved when she Mum married. She grew up in Wellington and my Great Grandmother came on the Hovding in 1873. She came to settle in NZ and took the journey on her own as a 24 yr old single woman. Her name - Josephine Juul from Farsund. many new discoveries.She married Archibald Fraser - a fisherman and had 6 children I think. My Grandmother married a Bartholomew. I am just starting to research that side of my family although I have always felt the connection in my bones. I appreciate the work you have done here. warm regards Louise Jones

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